Total Crime Rate
1488.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
346.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mercury Gardens area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Marshalls & Rise Park , and the 4th highest crime rate of 740 local areas in Havering .
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 Mercury Gardens (RM1 3FD) in the last 12 months was 1488.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2013.8% higher than the Marshalls & Rise Park average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 268 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 171.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 151 (≈ 346.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mercury Gardens (RM1 3FD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 552 crimes here, including 180 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Edward's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alexandra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercury Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercury Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercury Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mercury Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mercury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mercury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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