Total Crime Rate
40.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chelsworth Drive area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Harold Wood , and the 261st lowest crime rate of 740 local areas in Havering .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chelsworth Drive (RM3 0ES) in the last 12 months was 40.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower than the Harold Wood average (65.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chelsworth Drive (RM3 0ES), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Harold Wood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gubbins Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | New Hall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harris Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gubbins Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | New Hall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melksham Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gubbins Lane | — |
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