Total Crime Rate

96.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 96.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 39.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Drugs 17.4 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.4 10/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cowper Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Little Ilford , and the 323rd lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowper Avenue (E6 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowper Avenue (E6 1BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Tennyson Avenue. Police recorded 158 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowper Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Cowper Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Heigham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Woodhouse Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Woodhouse Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cowper Avenue
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lawrence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Milton Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tennyson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Victoria Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Milton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lawrence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spencer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue
Apr 2026Drugs Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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