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Crime in RM3

How much crime is recorded in RM3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Havering
Region
London
Population
51,533 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RM3

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 28.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in RM3, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
28.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
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).

RM3National
Violence and sexual offences20.123.6
Anti-social behaviour13.610.7
Shoplifting6.88.4
Burglary6.89.1
Vehicle crime5.53.5
Other theft4.44.5
Public order4.04.6
Drugs3.62.4
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Theft from the person1.02.1
Other crime0.91.5
Robbery0.91.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

It has fallen 19% since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

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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