Crime Rates at Faringdon Avenue, Romford, RM3 8JS

Faringdon Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Gooshays , and the 30th 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 Faringdon Avenue (RM3 8JS) in the last 12 months was 357.1 per 1,000 residents and was 310.5% higher than the Gooshays average (87.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Faringdon Avenue (RM3 8JS), 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.