Total Crime Rate

105.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wanderer Drive area has the 16th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Barking Riverside , and the 181st highest crime rate of 521 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wanderer Drive (IG11 0XJ) in the last 12 months was 105.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% lower 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 109.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wanderer Drive (IG11 0XJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fielders Crescent, where police recorded 48 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.

Crime Over Time in Wanderer Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Galley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Salamanca Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sovereign Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burdock Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burdock Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crouch Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burdock Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salamanca Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fielders Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stern Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wanderer Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dettingen Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Galley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Renwick Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Galley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Estuary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Estuary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Estuary Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minden Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Twine Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minden Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burdock Terrace

Data Sources

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