Total Crime Rate
47.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Straight Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Gooshays , and the 312th 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 Straight Road (RM3 8XX) in the last 12 months was 47.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Straight Road (RM3 8XX), the main crime hotspot is near Stanwyck Gardens. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Heaton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edenhall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hailsham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daventry Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Okehampton Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edenhall Glen | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Edenhall Glen | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longtown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Longtown Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hailsham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hailsham Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daventry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dock Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanwyck Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanwyck Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanwyck Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanwyck Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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