Total Crime Rate
140.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Telegraph Mews area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Chadwell , and the 146th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Telegraph Mews (IG3 8TA) in the last 12 months was 140.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.9% higher than the Chadwell average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 211.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Telegraph Mews (IG3 8TA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 482 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Seven Kings| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Telegraph Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Telegraph Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Telegraph Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Telegraph Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Telegraph Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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