Crime Rate in Village, ward

Village has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 wards in Barking and Dagenham district and the 1445th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 269th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Village in the last 12 months was 108.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% lower than the Barking and Dagenham district average (111.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Village’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 454 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 576 (≈ 44.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Village ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 350 crimes here, including 124 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.