Total Crime Rate
137.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Peacock Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Becontree , and the 132nd 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 Peacock Close (RM8 1YN) in the last 12 months was 137.1 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% higher than the Becontree average (88.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peacock Close (RM8 1YN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pedley Road, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Lane (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Becontree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greenside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haydon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haydon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haydon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haydon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haydon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haydon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hynton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Knight Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alleyndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winterbourne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waldegrave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sapphire Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peacock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waldegrave Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fiennes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Greenside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greenside | Awaiting court outcome |
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