Total Crime Rate

131.4 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 131.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.2 8/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.6 7/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Waterbeach Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Eastbury , and the 134th 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 Waterbeach Road (RM9 4AA) in the last 12 months was 131.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.0% higher than the Eastbury average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Waterbeach Road (RM9 4AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Porters Avenue, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornworthy Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Waterbeach Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rusper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Waterbeach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Easebourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Easebourne Road
Sep 2025Drugs Lillechurch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornworthy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornworthy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterbeach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wykeham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornworthy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cornworthy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1153 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery A1153 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Porters Avenue Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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