Total Crime Rate
735.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knox Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 24th 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 Knox Road (E7 9JS) in the last 12 months was 735.2 per 1,000 residents and was 306.5% 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 140 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (β 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 95.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knox Road (E7 9JS), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Knox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reginald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinglet Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinglet Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Disraeli Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Disraeli Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Atherton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Atherton Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Skelton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radlett Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Earlham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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