Total Crime Rate

36.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 36.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wayside Gardens area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Alibon , and the 73rd lowest crime rate of 521 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wayside Gardens (RM10 8QH) in the last 12 months was 36.4 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% lower than the Alibon average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wayside Gardens (RM10 8QH), the main crime hotspot is near Oxlow Lane. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Wayside Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Oxlow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Osborne Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pettit'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Singleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastfield Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnmead Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxlow Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Oxlow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Oxlow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxlow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxlow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxlow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxlow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Oxlow Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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