Total Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sowrey Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Elm Park , and the 244th highest crime rate of 740 local areas in Havering .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sowrey Avenue (RM13 7NA) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% higher than the Elm Park average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sowrey Avenue (RM13 7NA), the main crime hotspot is near Park Mews. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Elm Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wells Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gray Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilroy Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Freeborne Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wells Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mungo Park Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mungo Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mungo Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tuck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Furness Way | Under investigation |
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