Total Crime Rate
290.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
121.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Field Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 92nd 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 Field Road (E7 9BX) in the last 12 months was 290.6 per 1,000 residents and was 174.8% higher than the Forest Gate North average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (β 121.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Field Road (E7 9BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sprowston Mews (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest Gate North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stracey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Field Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dimond Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dimond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dimond Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dimond Close | 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 | Essex Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clova Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Gate | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earlham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Hamlets Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Odessa Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Earlham Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Earlham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earlham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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