Total Crime Rate
92.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heaton Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Heaton , and the 221st 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 Heaton Avenue (RM3 7HD) in the last 12 months was 92.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% lower than the Heaton average (99.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heaton Avenue (RM3 7HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Patricks Place, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morris Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ridley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Patricks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Patricks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Patricks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Patricks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harrow Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Roberts Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heaton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Patricks Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cowley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heaton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heaton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heaton Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Patricks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Archway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Archway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalestone Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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