Total Crime Rate
114.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gosfield Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Eastbrook & Rush Green , and the 175th highest crime rate of 512 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 Gosfield Road (RM8 1LB) in the last 12 months was 114.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.2% higher than the Eastbrook & Rush Green average (78.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 79.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gosfield Road (RM8 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bradwell Avenue, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bradwell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emerald Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Emerald Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradwell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradwell Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bradwell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bradwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gosfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradwell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stour Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stour Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Stour Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Frizlands Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gosfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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