Crime Rate in Monkhams, ward

Monkhams has the lowest crime rate of 22 wards in Redbridge district and the 1719th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 20th lowest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Monkhams in the last 12 months was 40.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.2% lower than the Redbridge district average (98.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Monkhams’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 161 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Monkhams ward, the main local crime hotspot is near The Broadway. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.