Total Crime Rate

104.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Harcourt 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 6DH) 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 6DH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Harcourt Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eighth Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Toronto Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Leamington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trevelyan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Leamington Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Trevelyan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Michigan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Michigan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sixth Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Michigan Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Michigan Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Little Ilford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Ilford Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Second Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rabbits Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rabbits Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rabbits Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sixth Avenue —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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