Total Crime Rate

53.0 per 1,000 5/10 Β· Typical

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 53.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upton Lane area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 160th lowest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upton Lane (E7 9NN) in the last 12 months was 53.0 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% lower than the Forest Gate South average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (β‰ˆ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upton Lane (E7 9NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nursery Lane (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upton Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gower Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Nursery Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nursery Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunbar Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunbar Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunbar Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lancaster Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Upton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Disraeli Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Disraeli Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Disraeli Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Disraeli Road β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Disraeli Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Disraeli Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Macarthur Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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