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Crime in RM1

How much crime is recorded in RM1, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Havering
Region
London
Population
49,406 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RM1

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in RM1, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
36.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
89
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

RM1National
Violence and sexual offences25.223.6
Anti-social behaviour17.810.7
Shoplifting12.98.4
Burglary9.69.1
Drugs6.02.4
Vehicle crime5.93.5
Public order5.94.6
Other theft5.34.5
Theft from the person3.42.1
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Robbery3.01.4
Other crime1.11.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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