Total Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bentry Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Heath , and the 86th lowest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bentry Road (RM8 3PL) in the last 12 months was 39.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% lower than the Heath average (108.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 8.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 30.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bentry Road (RM8 3PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fordyke Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homestead Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Valence| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grafton Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brittain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittain Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blomville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stockdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stockdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenterden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fordyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fordyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Winifred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vaughn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grafton Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Motts Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Motts Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Motts Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stockdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Homestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nicholas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nicholas Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nicholas Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nicholas Road | — |
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