Total Crime Rate
152.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tenterden Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Heath , and the 114th highest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tenterden Road (RM8 1QA) in the last 12 months was 152.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% 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 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Royal Anglian Way (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whalebone| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Purland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosemary Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Broadway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Broadway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nicholas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stockdale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stockdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stockdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stockdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stockdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenterden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nicholas Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nicholas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Motts Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Royal Anglian Way | Under investigation |
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