Total Crime Rate
10.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fourth Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Forest Gate South , and the 9th lowest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fourth Avenue (E12 6DP) in the last 12 months was 10.1 per 1,000 residents and was 93.4% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fourth Avenue (E12 6DP), 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 | Vehicle crime | Eighth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Ilford Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Little Ilford Lane | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Eighth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Harcourt Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Leamington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Leamington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Second Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rabbits Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Second Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Seventh Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eighth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Eighth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seventh Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seventh Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seventh Avenue | Under investigation |
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