Total Crime Rate
128.8 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barking Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Plaistow North , and the 313th highest crime rate of 745 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barking Road (E13 9EX) in the last 12 months was 128.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% higher than the Plaistow North average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (β 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barking Road (E13 9EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bushey Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selsdon Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Plaistow North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kirton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haig Road East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bushey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nile Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nile Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nile Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nile Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bushey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Credon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Credon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upperton Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pavilion Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Peabody Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Peabody Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selsdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Selsdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selsdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Samson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bushey Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Selsdon Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellie Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Upperton Road West | Under investigation |
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