Total Crime Rate
144.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Butler Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Becontree , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 521 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 Butler Road (RM8 2DR) in the last 12 months was 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% higher than the Becontree average (87.8 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Butler Road (RM8 2DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radio Lane (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Scholars Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Amidas Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earls Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Holden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Amidas Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vicar'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Radio Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Radio Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Radio Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
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