Total Crime Rate
81.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paceheath Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Havering-atte-Bower , and the 257th 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 Paceheath Close (RM5 3DN) in the last 12 months was 81.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paceheath Close (RM5 3DN), the main crime hotspot is near Highfield Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Havering-atte-Bower| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merlin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Gobions Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gobions Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chelmsford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radwin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avelon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawkhurst Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawkhurst Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollybush Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollybush Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollybush Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Road | — |
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