Total Crime Rate

109.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sixth Avenue area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 344th 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 Sixth Avenue (E12 5PS) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% higher than the Little Ilford average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sixth Avenue (E12 5PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Michigan Avenue, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Winefride'S Avenue (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Sixth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sixth Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Harcourt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morris Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Michigan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trevelyan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trevelyan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Harcourt Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Ilford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colchester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Colchester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sixth Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seventh Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seventh Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seventh Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Michigan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Michigan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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