Crime Rates at Howard Road, Barking, IG11 7DN

Howard Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Abbey , and the 146th 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 Howard Road (IG11 7DN) in the last 12 months was 129.3 per 1,000 residents and was 68.9% lower than the Abbey average (415.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 183.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -29.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Howard Road (IG11 7DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cranborne Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbury Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.