Total Crime Rate
238.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Limbourne Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Chadwell Heath , and the 50th 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 Limbourne Avenue (RM8 1HU) in the last 12 months was 238.0 per 1,000 residents and was 114.5% 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 Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 85.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Limbourne Avenue (RM8 1HU), the main crime hotspot is near Royal Anglian Way. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whalebone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salcombe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royal Anglian Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Crow Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saville Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Saville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laneside Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laneside Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Laneside Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Limbourne Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salcombe Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Limbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limbourne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Limbourne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalebone Lane South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalebone Lane South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalebone Lane South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whalebone Lane South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whalebone Lane South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whalebone Lane South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
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