Total Crime Rate

269.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 269.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.9 10/10
  • Other theft 35.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Public order 15.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 15.6 9/10
  • Burglary 11.1 9/10
  • Robbery 11.1 9/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nursery Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 106th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nursery Lane (E7 8BL) in the last 12 months was 269.5 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% higher than the Forest Gate South average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 62 (≈ 138.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nursery Lane (E7 8BL), the main crime hotspot is near Post Office Approach. Police recorded 329 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Nursery Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/127)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Woodgrange Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Post Office Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodgrange Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vale Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodgrange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sprowston Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sprowston Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Sprowston Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sprowston Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Post Office Approach Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Post Office Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nursery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Post Office Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Post Office Approach —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Post Office Approach —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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