Total Crime Rate
135.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lamberhurst Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Heath , and the 136th 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 Lamberhurst Road (RM8 1PR) in the last 12 months was 135.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% higher than the Heath average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lamberhurst Road (RM8 1PR), 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 | Public order | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roffe Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenterden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royal Anglian Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Royal Anglian Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fordyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Winifred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fordyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ellis Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grafton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellis Avenue | Under investigation |
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