Total Crime Rate
109.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Meads 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 8QJ) 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 8QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Beddington Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Goodmayes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blythswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beddington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitcham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mitcham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitcham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Farnham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meads Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Royal Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Albans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Albans Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Albans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Epsom Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beddington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beddington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blythswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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