Total Crime Rate
5.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Express Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 46 local areas in Goodmayes , and the 6th lowest crime rate of 757 local areas in Redbridge .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Express Drive (IG3 9RE) in the last 12 months was 5.7 per 1,000 residents and was 96.3% lower than the Goodmayes average (153.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 107.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Express Drive (IG3 9RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norseman Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chadwell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avenue Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caledonian Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Caledonian Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fiennes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fiennes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castleton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talisman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Talisman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kinfauns Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norseman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park/Open Space | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norseman Close | β |
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