Total Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dersingham Avenue area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 271st lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dersingham Avenue (E12 6JY) in the last 12 months was 83.7 per 1,000 residents and was 8.3% lower than the Little Ilford average (91.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dersingham Avenue (E12 6JY), 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 | Vehicle crime | Barrington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alverstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dore Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parkhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hathaway Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millais Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reesland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Reesland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gainsborough Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Landseer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Landseer Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millais Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millais Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millais Avenue | Under investigation |
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