Plaistow North vs Thornton Heath

Plaistow North has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) and recorded 13,916 crimes in the last 12 months. Thornton Heath has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) with 7,491 crimes. Both areas score equally on the safety index.

Plaistow North shows a year-on-year crime trend of +2.8% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Thornton Heath shows +0.6% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Plaistow North, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (3,857 incidents). In Thornton Heath, it is Violent Crime (2,385 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Plaistow North recorded 3,085 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Thornton Heath recorded 1,455. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Plaistow North totalled 3,857 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 2,385 in Thornton Heath. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Plaistow North recorded 13,541 crimes (now 13,916, a change of +2.8%). Thornton Heath recorded 7,445 crimes previously (now 7,491, +0.6%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Plaistow North has a resolution rate of 28.1% and Thornton Heath has 25%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Plaistow North falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Thornton Heath is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Plaistow North and Thornton Heath. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.