Total Crime Rate
104.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Harcourt Avenue area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 375th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harcourt Avenue (E12 6DG) in the last 12 months was 104.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harcourt Avenue (E12 6DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Second Avenue, where police recorded 59 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.
View Crime In Forest Gate South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harcourt Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Winefride'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Winefride'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trevelyan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Ilford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Little Ilford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Winefride'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Trevelyan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rectory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leamington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leamington Close | 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 | Leamington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
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