Crime Rates at Barking Road, Plaistow, London, E13 8QB

Barking Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 257th lowest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Barking Road (E13 8QB) in the last 12 months was 80.6 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% lower than the Plaistow North average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barking Road (E13 8QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newman Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.