Total Crime Rate

27.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 27.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Stevens Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Becontree , and the 47th lowest crime rate of 521 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 Stevens Road (RM8 2QA) in the last 12 months was 27.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.5% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stevens Road (RM8 2QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greenside, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Stevens Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crossway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waldegrave Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knight Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knight Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milner Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milner Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winterbourne Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crossway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Knight Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dunkeld Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs School Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Greenside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Greenside Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knight Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Burnside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Burnside Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stevens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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