Total Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nelson Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Beam Park , and the 303rd lowest crime rate of 740 local areas in Havering .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nelson Road (RM13 8AP) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% lower than the Beam Park average (152.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nelson Road (RM13 8AP), 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 (19 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Nelson Road | 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 | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cherry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whybridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dunmow Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitepost Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sexton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sexton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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