Total Crime Rate
72.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harcourt Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 226th lowest crime rate of 745 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 Harcourt Avenue (E12 6DF) in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% lower than the Forest Gate South average (180.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harcourt Avenue (E12 6DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Second Avenue, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fifth Avenue (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Little Ilford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Leamington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Third Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morris Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leamington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leamington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leamington Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leamington Close | — |
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