Total Crime Rate
118.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sheringham Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 346th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sheringham Avenue (E12 5PH) in the last 12 months was 118.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sheringham Avenue (E12 5PH), the main crime hotspot is near Mariner Road. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Little Ilford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevelyan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mariner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mariner Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elsenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevelyan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevelyan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trevelyan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dersingham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Landseer Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Landseer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wolferton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dersingham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mariner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parkhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jack Cornwell Street | Under investigation |
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