Crime in RM20 1

The RM20 1 postcode sector, in the RM (Romford) postcode area, with most records published by Essex Police.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 123 street-crime records for RM20 1 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 14.0% fewer than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.

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Last 12 published months

September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.

Street-crime records

123

Share of RM20

12.3%

Year-on-year

-14.0%

RM20 1 holds 12.3% of the 1,002 records assigned to RM20 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

Sep

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	8
October 2025	8
November 2025	11
December 2025	7
January 2026	7
February 2026	17
March 2026	16
April 2026	11
May 2026	9
June 2026	6
July 2026	11
August 2026	12

Street-crime records per 1,000 residents

No Census 2021 residents are recorded for these postcodes, so no rate is shown.

Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.

Category mix compared

Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Essex Police.

Category	RM20 1	RM20	Force
Shoplifting	44.7%	24.5%	8.3%
Anti-social behaviour	10.6%	14.0%	11.7%
Violence and sexual offences	9.8%	22.7%	40.4%
Public order	9.8%	5.9%	6.6%
Criminal damage and arson	7.3%	6.8%	7.5%
Vehicle crime	7.3%	8.9%	6.2%
Drugs	4.9%	2.8%	4.1%
Other theft	3.3%	7.5%	6.7%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for RM20 1 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2022	56
2023	118
2024	136
2025	123
2026 (part year)	89

Limits to keep in mind

Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Full detail is on the methodology page and in what a postcode district crime page shows, which covers sectors too.

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CrimeMapsUK. RM20 1 postcode sector: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 30 October 2026. Police locations are approximate; records are assigned to the area by nearest postcode. Postcode centroids from the ONS Postcode Directory. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. https://crimemapsuk.com/crime/sectors/rm20-1/

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