Crime Rates at Ratcliff Road, London, E7 8DD

Ratcliff Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 116th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ratcliff Road (E7 8DD) in the last 12 months was 265.3 per 1,000 residents and was 150.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -13.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 98.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ratcliff Road (E7 8DD), 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.