Total Crime Rate
216.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tenterden Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Heath , and the 64th highest crime rate of 521 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tenterden Road (RM8 1QA) in the last 12 months was 216.8 per 1,000 residents and was 101.8% higher than the Heath average (107.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tenterden Road (RM8 1QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morris Road, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Royal Anglian Way (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordyke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lamberhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | The Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Homestead Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fordyke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Motts Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Motts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Motts Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Morris Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Morris Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Morris Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Morris Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fordyke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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