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Crime in RM6 4

How much crime is recorded in RM6 4, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Redbridge
Region
London
Population
27,921 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RM6 4

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 37.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in RM6 4, 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
37.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
80
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).

RM6 4National
Violence and sexual offences26.923.6
Shoplifting16.18.4
Anti-social behaviour13.010.7
Burglary11.39.1
Vehicle crime4.83.5
Public order4.54.6
Other theft4.04.5
Drugs2.82.4
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Robbery2.61.4
Theft from the person1.72.1
Other crime0.81.5
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
20
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40
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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