Total Crime Rate

129.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 129.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 41.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

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 7DP) 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 7DP), the main crime hotspot is near St Margarets. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Howard Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eldred Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Morley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ketch Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ketch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ketch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Net Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Net Street —
Apr 2026Public order Net Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Net Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Net Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Net Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Marys Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westbury Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Mizzen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howard Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howard Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Howard Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Perth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Greatfields Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greatfields Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Erkenwald Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wedderburn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Wedderburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Margarets Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Essex Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ketch Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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