Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.2 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 15.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Freshwater Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Becontree , and the 147th lowest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Freshwater Road (RM8 1RX) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% lower than the Becontree average (88.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ).

In the area around Freshwater Road (RM8 1RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vaughn Street, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fullerton Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Freshwater Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Ellis Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Chad'S Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heath Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Junction Road West Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Roffe Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vaughn Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ellis Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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