Total Crime Rate
255.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Elm Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Village , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Elm Lane (RM10 9RR) in the last 12 months was 255.3 per 1,000 residents and was 125.3% higher than the Village average (113.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 120.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Elm Lane (RM10 9RR), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Village| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Elm Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hollidge Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hollidge Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ingleby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haresfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coopers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | John Parker Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Marks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Marks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Marks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harrison Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coopers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pavet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pavet Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reede Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reede Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Gardens | — |
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