West Ham, Newham: Safety
Safety
West Ham's crime rate is close to the UK average and well below London's. It's also lower than every neighbouring neighbourhood, and that gap has stayed consistent.
In 2024 and 2025, West Ham recorded around 93 to 95 crimes per 1,000 residents. London's average for those years was over 200 per 1,000. Neighbouring Stratford ran at nearly 3 times West Ham's rate.
Burglary and robbery figures are both below the London average — these tend to matter most to homebuyers. Vehicle crime has also fallen year on year.
The 2026 data covers 9 months so far, but the trend looks positive. Monthly crime figures are tracking lower than in either of the previous 2 full years.
Source: police-recorded crime (data.police.uk), 2024, 2025 and 2026 so far; population from ONS
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Crime rate comparison
2024
2025
2026 so far
West Ham
Crimes/1,000 people
95.4
Similar to
UK average
98.8
Lower than
Regional average
130.2
Lower than
Canning Town North
193.6
Lower than
Plaistow West & Canning Town East
118.4
Lower than
Forest Gate South
166.5
Lower than
Green Street West
136.8
Lower than
Plaistow North
109.5
Lower than
Stratford
289
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Types of Crime
This neighbourhood
Regional average
- Violent offences29%24%
- Anti-social behaviour27%21%
- Vehicle crime8%7%
- Drugs7%5%
- Other theft6%9%
- Theft from the person5%8%
- Public order4%5%
- Criminal damage and arson4%5%
- Burglary4%4%
- Robbery2%3%
- Other crime2%1%
- Shoplifting1%8%
- Possession of weapons1%<1%
- Bicycle theft<1%1%
