Total Crime Rate
149.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harlow Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Elm Park , and the 87th 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 Harlow Road (RM13 7UJ) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% higher than the Elm Park average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 15.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harlow Road (RM13 7UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In South Hornchurch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ongar Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Courtyard Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtyard Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtyard Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newtons Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunmow Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloria Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sexton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sexton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sexton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whybridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ongar Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitepost Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anvil Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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