Total Crime Rate
139.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dereham Place area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Havering-atte-Bower , and the 99th 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 Dereham Place (RM5 2PN) in the last 12 months was 139.8 per 1,000 residents and was 98.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dereham Place (RM5 2PN), 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.
View Crime In Havering-atte-Bower| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Judith Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherborne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sherborne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sherborne Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aragon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dereham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dereham Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Lane | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lodge Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornell Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Defoe Way | — |
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