Total Crime Rate
259.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crosby Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 121st highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crosby Road (E7 9HU) in the last 12 months was 259.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.7% higher than the Forest Gate South average (180.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -7.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crosby Road (E7 9HU), 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 South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margery Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sprowston Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radlett Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crosby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Radlett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sprowston Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sprowston Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sprowston Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Margery Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Margery Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolton Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Radlett Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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