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Crime in RM7

How much crime is recorded in RM7, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Havering
Region
London
Population
45,772 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RM7

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 36.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in RM7, 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
36.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
82
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).

RM7National
Violence and sexual offences25.823.6
Anti-social behaviour16.410.7
Burglary11.09.1
Shoplifting8.18.4
Other theft6.14.5
Drugs5.82.4
Public order5.54.6
Vehicle crime5.23.5
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Robbery2.61.4
Theft from the person1.92.1
Other crime1.21.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Bicycle theft0.61.0
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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