Crime Rates at Dewsbury Road, Romford, RM3 8DW

Dewsbury Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Gooshays , and the 157th highest crime rate of 740 local areas in Havering .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dewsbury Road (RM3 8DW) in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% higher than the Gooshays average (87.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dewsbury Road (RM3 8DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leyburn Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsbridge Circus (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.