Total Crime Rate
236.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Charles Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Green Street East , and the 137th 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 Charles Road (E7 8PT) in the last 12 months was 236.0 per 1,000 residents and was 155.8% higher than the Green Street East average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Charles Road (E7 8PT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 527 crimes here, including 133 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Green Street East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B167 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prestbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prestbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaftesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jephson Road | — |
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