Crime Rates at Pennington Close, Romford, RM5 2JP

Pennington Close area has the 20th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Havering-atte-Bower , and the 302nd highest 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 Pennington Close (RM5 2JP) in the last 12 months was 72.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% higher than the Havering-atte-Bower average (70.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pennington Close (RM5 2JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oates Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lodge Lane (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.