Total Crime Rate
119.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Romford Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Romford Road (E7 8BF) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Forest Gate North average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Romford Road (E7 8BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Green Street East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshunt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cheshunt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cheshunt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshunt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheshunt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbury Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbury Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbury Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Studley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Studley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Studley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbury Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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