Total Crime Rate
71.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grantham Gardens area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Chadwell Heath , and the 205th lowest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
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 Grantham Gardens (RM6 6HH) in the last 12 months was 71.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.8% lower than the Chadwell Heath average (111.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grantham Gardens (RM6 6HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wadeville Avenue, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burchett Way (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whalebone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchett Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burlington Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalebone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbrook Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millbrook Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forsters Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forsters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burchett Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wadeville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wadeville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wadeville Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadeville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadeville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadeville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadeville Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burlington Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Morden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merten Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limbourne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salcombe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limbourne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merten Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merten Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Limbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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