Total Crime Rate
168.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brook Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Village , and the 104th highest crime rate of 521 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 Brook Avenue (RM10 9TJ) in the last 12 months was 168.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.3% higher than the Village average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (β 59.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brook Avenue (RM10 9TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richardson Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rookery Crescent | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Church Elm Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brook Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brook Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Elm Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ibscott Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ibscott Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ibscott Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ibscott Close | Under investigation |
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