Total Crime Rate

150.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 150.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Dersingham Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 243rd 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 Dersingham Avenue (E12 5QF) in the last 12 months was 150.8 per 1,000 residents and was 73.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 79.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dersingham Avenue (E12 5QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Warrior Square, where police recorded 84 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.

Crime Over Time in Dersingham Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lugg Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mariner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mariner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mariner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mariner Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parkhurst Road
Sep 2025Public order Colchester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warrior Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alverstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lawrence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Jack Cornwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dersingham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ronnie Lane Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ronnie Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Ilford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Little Ilford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alverstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alverstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lugg Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aldersbrook Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aldersbrook Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eighth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aldersbrook Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldersbrook Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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