Total Crime Rate

119.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

34.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 34.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.5 8/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Romford Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Romford Road (E7 8BF) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Forest Gate North average (105.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Romford Road (E7 8BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Romford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheshunt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cheshunt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cheshunt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheshunt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cheshunt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westbury Terrace
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westbury Terrace
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westbury Terrace
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Studley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Studley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Studley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Westbury Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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