Total Crime Rate

127.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 19.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.2 4/10
  • Robbery 16.7 10/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Burglary 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Byron Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 319th highest 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 Byron Avenue (E12 6SS) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Byron Avenue (E12 6SS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tennyson Avenue, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street North (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Byron Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/61)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Avenue —
Apr 2026Theft from the person High Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft High Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft High Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order High Street North Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order High Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cowper Avenue —
Apr 2026Robbery High Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary High Street North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tennyson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tennyson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft High Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary High Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shelley Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cowper Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Shelley Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shelley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shelley Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Milton Avenue Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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