Total Crime Rate

117.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 117.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.0 5/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Leys Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Village , and the 156th 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 Leys Close (RM10 9XP) in the last 12 months was 117.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% higher than the Village average (108.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leys Close (RM10 9XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beamway, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leys Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Leys Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leys Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pascal Drive
Sep 2025Other theft Durban Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chantress Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birdbrook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birdbrook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Canberra Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Durban Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Pond Lees Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pond Lees Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canberra Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leys Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Baynes Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beamway Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beamway Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beamway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beamway

Data Sources

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