Crap Towns / Newham / Crime

How much crime is there in Newham?

The police recorded 115 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Newham from September 2023 to August 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 76.2. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 32.7. In the 12 months to August 2026 it was 118, up from 111 in the 12 months to August 2024.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
September 2023 to August 2024	111	78.6
September 2024 to August 2025	114	77.4
September 2025 to August 2026	118	73.7

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical town
Violence and sexual offences	32.7	34.1
Other theft	13.5	5.4
Vehicle crime	12.7	3.8
Theft from the person	11.8	0.4
Shoplifting	11.6	7.1
Drugs	6.6	2.4
Public order	6.3	6.6
Criminal damage and arson	5.8	7.0
Burglary	5.2	3.1
Robbery	4.7	0.6
Other crime	1.6	2.0
Bicycle theft	1.5	0.5
Possession of weapons	0.7	0.8

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
City of London	9.1 km	1,103
Southwark	9.7 km	129
Hackney	7.5 km	123
Tower Hamlets	5.2 km	119
Newham	–	115
Lewisham	9.6 km	97.9
Greenwich	6.0 km	94.9
Barking and Dagenham	6.9 km	91.1
Waltham Forest	8.2 km	85.0
Redbridge	7.1 km	77.3
Chigwell	10.2 km	52.9
The typical town	–	76.2