Total Crime Rate
128.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gordon Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Chadwell Heath , and the 148th 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 Gordon Road (RM6 6DB) in the last 12 months was 128.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% higher than the Chadwell Heath average (111.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 71.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gordon Road (RM6 6DB), the main crime hotspot is near Burchett Way. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chadwell Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbrook Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalebone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forsters Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forsters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hainault Gore | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchett Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burchett Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kings Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beresford Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millbrook Gardens | Under investigation |
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