Total Crime Rate

85.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

28.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 28.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.5 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sixth Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 280th lowest 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 Sixth Avenue (E12 5PS) in the last 12 months was 85.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -18.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 28.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sixth Avenue (E12 5PS), the main crime hotspot is near Michigan Avenue. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sixth Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Rabbits Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colchester Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morris Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Toronto Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Worcester Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seventh Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seventh Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Colchester Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colchester Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colchester Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colchester Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Wolferton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Third Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Morris Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morris Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trevelyan Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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