Crime Rate in St Edward's, ward

St Edward's has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 wards in Havering district and the 550th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 129th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Edward's in the last 12 months was 156.0 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% higher than the Havering district average (93.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Edward's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 524 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 14 cases , down -39.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -39.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 750 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Edward's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 993 crimes here, including 309 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.