Total Crime Rate
206.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Daines Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 170th highest crime rate of 745 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 Daines Close (E12 5LQ) in the last 12 months was 206.6 per 1,000 residents and was 126.3% higher than the Little Ilford average (91.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 104.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Daines Close (E12 5LQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aldersbrook Lane, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selborne Avenue (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Little Ilford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lugg Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wanstead Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanstead Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wanstead Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Selborne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolferton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldersbrook Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Colchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Selborne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eighth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mariner Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mariner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mariner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lugg Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrior Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warrior Square | — |
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