Total Crime Rate
184.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Colchester Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 179th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colchester Avenue (E12 5LE) in the last 12 months was 184.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.9% higher than the Forest Gate South average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 833.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 158.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colchester Avenue (E12 5LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aldersbrook Lane, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mariner Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eighth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Toronto Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Daines Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Daines Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seventh Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seventh Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seventh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seventh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seventh Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seventh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Daines Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Daines Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eighth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eighth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eighth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Colchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolferton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolferton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldersbrook Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldersbrook Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aldersbrook Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aldersbrook Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldersbrook Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldersbrook Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldersbrook Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
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