Total Crime Rate
293.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hathaway Crescent area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 95th 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 Hathaway Crescent (E12 6LS) in the last 12 months was 293.4 per 1,000 residents and was 236.7% higher than the Little Ilford average (87.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (β 65.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hathaway Crescent (E12 6LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 78 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hathaway Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Leigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hathaway Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hathaway Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elsenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Northfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elsenham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rectory Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsenham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Walter Rodney Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elsenham Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shakespeare Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Landseer Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Landseer Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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