Total Crime Rate

206.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

112.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 206.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 112.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Robbery 18.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rowe Gardens area has the 4th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Barking Riverside , and the 70th highest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .

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 Rowe Gardens (IG11 0PL) in the last 12 months was 206.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% higher than the Barking Riverside average (156.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 112.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowe Gardens (IG11 0PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sugden Way, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Endeavour Way (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rowe Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roycraft Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Farr Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sugden Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bastable Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rowe Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rowe Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Charlton Crescent Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charlton Crescent
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leslie Foster Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Maybury Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sugden Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sugden Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sugden Way
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sugden Way

Data Sources

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