Total Crime Rate

89.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 89.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.9 7/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Marston Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Heath , and the 236th highest crime rate of 521 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marston Avenue (RM10 7LJ) in the last 12 months was 89.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% lower than the Heath average (107.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 257.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marston Avenue (RM10 7LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morris Road, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Marston Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dunbar Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rusholme Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oglethorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oglethorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morris Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rusholme Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Homestead Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunbar Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uvedale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunbar Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braintree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Braintree Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rusholme Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stansgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coote Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coote Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Danette Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Danette Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Braintree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Naseby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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