Crime in Havering district: statistics, rates and trends

Violence and sexual offences (7,061), anti-social behaviour (5,232) and vehicle crime (2,238) made up 60% of all recorded crime. Its crime rate ranks 139th of the 302 districts covered by this site (1 = highest), in the upper half.

Recorded crime in Havering district peaked in the year to August 2024 (25,741 crimes) and was lowest in the year to August 2018 (22,841). Between the years to August 2018 and 2026 it rose 6%, while across England and Wales it fell 4%.

Month by month

Compared with England and Wales, Havering district recorded notably more vehicle crime (63% above the national rate), robbery (50% above the national rate) and drugs (34% above the national rate), and notably less bicycle theft (58% below) and criminal damage and arson (46% below). On the year before, possession of weapons rose from 119 to 184, while criminal damage and arson fell from 1,328 to 1,006.

What each category covers: crime categories.

18,875 crimes, excluding fraud, were recorded by the police in Havering district in the year ending March 2026, according to the Home Office's police recorded crime statistics. That is 68.3 per 1,000 residents, lower than the England and Wales rate of 83.2. Among the 272 districts of England and Wales with a figure for that year, Havering district had the 113th lowest rate (the street-level ranking above is among the 302 districts with street-level pages on this site, over the 12 months to August 2026).

Of the crimes recorded in the Metropolitan Police area in the year ending March 2026, 5.5% were not assigned to a district. Those crimes are counted in the force and England and Wales totals but in no district, so the figure for Havering district is an undercount.

No change on the year or longer series is given for Havering district: comparable figures start in the year ending March 2026, because the share of crimes in the Metropolitan Police area not assigned to a district moved from 4.3% in the year ending March 2025 to 5.5% in the year ending March 2026, which changes district totals without any change in crime.

Offences recorded in Havering district, the year ending March 2026

The largest category was violence without injury, with 2,795 offences (15% of the total). Relative to England and Wales, rates were highest for robbery of business property (1.9 times the national rate), trafficking of drugs (1.7 times the national rate) and robbery of personal property (1.5 times the national rate). Rates were lowest relative to the national rate for bicycle theft (0.44 times), arson (0.49 times) and rape (0.54 times).

Districts in the Metropolitan Police area, the year ending March 2026

Of the 32 districts in the Metropolitan Police area with a figure for the year ending March 2026, Havering district had the 8th lowest rate.

Source: Home Office police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables (released 23 July 2026), gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Financial years, excluding fraud; how they differ from the street-level figures: methodology.

5 of the 8 nearest districts have a higher crime rate than Havering district; the highest is Newham district (135.7 per 1,000) and the lowest Brentwood district (74.1).

Of the 21 areas within Havering district, St Edward's had the highest crime rate (251.0 per 1,000) and Cranham the lowest (40.9), 6 times apart.

The 10 locations below account for 23% of the crime recorded in Havering district over the 12 months to August 2026; the most were recorded at “Supermarket” (1,589).

Of the 19,078 crimes in Havering district with a recorded outcome, 43% ended with the investigation complete and no suspect identified, against 35% across England and Wales; 3.8% were awaiting a court outcome (England and Wales: 5.2%). The 5,232 anti-social behaviour reports have no outcome and are left out.

Havering district has an estimated population of 276,274 (ONS, mid-2024). Compared with England and Wales it has less private renting (16%, against 20%) and less social housing (14%, against 17%). On the England IoD 2025, the small areas (LSOAs) that make up Havering district average decile 6.2 (1 = most deprived), close to the middle.

Police-recorded crime from data.police.uk (September 2017 to August 2026), ONS population estimates and Census 2021. Definitions and limitations: methodology.