Total Crime Rate

108.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 20.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Robbery 15.2 9/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shrewsbury Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 371st lowest 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 Shrewsbury Road (E7 8QU) in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% higher than the Little Ilford average (91.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shrewsbury Road (E7 8QU), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Avenue. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shrewsbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/57)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Plashet Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stafford Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stafford Road —
Apr 2026Drugs Lincoln Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lincoln Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lincoln Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Fry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Fry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Fry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Katherine Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Katherine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cowper Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Milton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Cowper Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cowper Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Woodhouse Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lawrence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Victoria Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue —
Apr 2026Drugs Milton Avenue Offender given penalty notice
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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