Total Crime Rate
201.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rainham Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Elm Park , and the 65th 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 Rainham Road (RM13 7RL) in the last 12 months was 201.4 per 1,000 residents and was 152.0% higher than the Elm Park average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rainham Road (RM13 7RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cherry Walk, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Hornchurch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anvil Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wymark Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knightswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitepost Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Monarch Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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