Total Crime Rate
5.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesham Close area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 130 local areas in Marshalls & Rise Park , and the 9th lowest 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 Chesham Close (RM7 7PJ) in the last 12 months was 5.6 per 1,000 residents and was 92.0% lower than the Marshalls & Rise Park average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesham Close (RM7 7PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Medora Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cedar Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Edward's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Riverside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Drummond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Drummond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Drummond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drummond Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drummond Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Marshalls Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olive Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Brooklands Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cedar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cedar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Burnham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medora Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medora Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brooklands Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Willow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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