Crime Rates at Chelmer Crescent, Barking, IG11 0QA

Chelmer Crescent area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Barking Riverside , and the 49th highest crime rate of 521 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 Chelmer Crescent (IG11 0QA) in the last 12 months was 236.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.9% higher than the Barking Riverside average (155.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 91.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chelmer Crescent (IG11 0QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chelmer Crescent, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Salamanca Place (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.