Crime Rate in Heaton, ward

Heaton has the 6th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Havering district and the 1674th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 334th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Heaton in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Havering district average (93.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Heaton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 627 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 12.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 794 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Heaton ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.