Total Crime Rate
99.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Abercorn Gardens area has the 18th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Chadwell , and the 228th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Redbridge .
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 Abercorn Gardens (RM6 4TA) in the last 12 months was 99.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% lower than the Chadwell average (121.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 54.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abercorn Gardens (RM6 4TA), the main crime hotspot is near Medici Close. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 108 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chadwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gresham Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Medici Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Medici Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medici Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Medici Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medici Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medici Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Putney Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medici Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medici Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medici Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barley Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Arandora Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gresham Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Medici Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Medici Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Glandford Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glandford Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Park Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Capstan Close | Under investigation |
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