Total Crime Rate
1558.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
713.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026London Road area has the highest crime rate of 130 local areas in Marshalls & Rise Park , and the 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 London Road (RM7 9QB) in the last 12 months was 1558.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2112.4% higher 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 244 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 6 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 394 (≈ 713.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road (RM7 9QB), the main crime hotspot is near Exchange Street. Police recorded 207 crimes here, including 123 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Edward's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knightsbridge Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maxwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maxwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maxwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exchange Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Exchange Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Exchange Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maxwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottons Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cottons Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Honiton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotleigh Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exchange Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Yew Tree Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yew Tree Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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