Total Crime Rate
168.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Marys Approach area has the 7th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 234th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Marys Approach (E12 6HG) in the last 12 months was 168.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.2% higher than the Little Ilford average (91.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 87.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Marys Approach (E12 6HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Winefride'S Avenue (25 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 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harcourt Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dersingham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dersingham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Morris Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Morris Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hathaway Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Trevelyan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevelyan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hathaway Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elsenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsenham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixth Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevelyan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trevelyan Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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