Total Crime Rate
1381.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
343.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earlham Grove area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 5th 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 Earlham Grove (E7 9AP) in the last 12 months was 1381.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1205.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -36.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 91 (≈ 343.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 150.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earlham Grove (E7 9AP), the main crime hotspot is near Woodgrange Road. Police recorded 183 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Forest Gate South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dimond Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dimond Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dimond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dimond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clova Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clova Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clova Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clova Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clova Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clova Road | Under investigation |
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