Total Crime Rate
206.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rowe 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.
View Crime In Thames View| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roycraft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Farr Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sugden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bastable Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlton Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Foster Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maybury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sugden Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sugden Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sugden Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sugden Way | — |
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