Total Crime Rate

83.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Academy Way area has the 27th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Becontree , and the 257th highest crime rate of 521 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 Academy Way (RM8 2FG) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% lower than the Becontree average (87.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Academy Way (RM8 2FG), the main crime hotspot is near Academy Way. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Academy Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Scholars Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Fellowship Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Fellowship Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amidas Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Academy Way —
Sep 2025Drugs Academy Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Academy Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Academy Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Academy Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Amidas Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scholars Way —
Sep 2025Public order Scholars Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Campus Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Scholars Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Scholars Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Academy Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Academy Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Academy Way —
Sep 2025Robbery Scholars Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Scholars Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Scholars Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earls Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campus Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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