Total Crime Rate
111.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fifth Avenue area has the 45th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 338th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fifth Avenue (E12 6DA) in the last 12 months was 111.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% lower than the Forest Gate South average (152.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 52.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fifth Avenue (E12 6DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Michigan Avenue, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fifth Avenue (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Colchester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Michigan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Michigan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harcourt Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Michigan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Michigan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Michigan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Michigan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Toronto Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Michigan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Michigan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trevelyan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trevelyan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Little Ilford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Ilford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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