Total Crime Rate
131.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kirklees Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Eastbury , and the 145th highest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kirklees Road (RM8 2EN) in the last 12 months was 131.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% higher than the Eastbury average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirklees Road (RM8 2EN), the main crime hotspot is near Cornworthy Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mayesbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rowney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fitzstephen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rutland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1153 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waterbeach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterbeach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easebourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornworthy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cornworthy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornworthy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Markyate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Markyate Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornworthy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Porters Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rowney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1153 | Under investigation |
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