Total Crime Rate

109.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.9 10/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Meads Lane area has the 20th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Goodmayes , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 757 local areas in Redbridge .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meads Lane (IG3 8QH) in the last 12 months was 109.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% lower than the Goodmayes average (153.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Meads Lane (IG3 8QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beddington Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farnham Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meads Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blythswood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beddington Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mitcham Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mitcham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mitcham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meads Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park/Open Space —
Sep 2025Other theft Park/Open Space Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Royal Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epsom Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beddington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beddington Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Other theft Blythswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sports/Recreation Area Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Epsom Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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