Crime Rate in Heath, ward

Heath has the 7th highest crime rate of 19 wards in Barking and Dagenham district and the 1493rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 276th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Heath in the last 12 months was 107.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% lower than the Barking and Dagenham district average (111.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Heath’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 330 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 58.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -34.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 433 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Heath ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Morris Road, with 115 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bradwell Avenue (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.