Total Crime Rate

106.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.4 9/10
  • Public order 18.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rowlands Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Heath , and the 179th 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 Rowlands Road (RM8 3DS) in the last 12 months was 106.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower than the Heath average (107.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other 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 18 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Rowlands Road (RM8 3DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Morris Road, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homestead Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rowlands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs The Broadway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stockdale Road
Sep 2025Robbery The Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Homestead Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oglethorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Oglethorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homestead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Homestead Road
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Motts Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Motts Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coote Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coote Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Danette Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Danette Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Morris Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morris Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Motts Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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