Total Crime Rate

193.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 193.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 23.4 10/10
  • Burglary 12.8 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.5 5/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Whalebone Lane South area has the 5th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Heath , and the 82nd 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 Whalebone Lane South (RM8 1BB) in the last 12 months was 193.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.2% higher than the Heath average (107.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whalebone Lane South (RM8 1BB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Whalebone Lane South area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fambridge Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Motts Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Motts Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Motts Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary The Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs The Broadway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery The Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Road
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gray Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Emerald Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Emerald Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Whalebone Lane South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whalebone Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whalebone Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limbourne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Limbourne Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Purland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Purland Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brendon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Anglian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Anglian Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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