Total Crime Rate
1488.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
346.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Western Road 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 Western Road (RM1 3JL) 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 Western Road (RM1 3JL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 985 crimes here, including 298 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Exchange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exchange Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havana Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Havana Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Havana Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Havana Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Havana Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Havana Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Havana Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havana Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havana Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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