Total Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Village , and the 114th lowest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (RM10 9XA) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Street (RM10 9XA), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Kitchener Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Church Elm Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | John Parker Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acre Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Church Elm Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Elm Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Elm Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Plumtree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coopers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coopers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kitchener Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kitchener Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kitchener Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ingleby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ibscott Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewis Way | Under investigation |
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