Total Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rugby Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Eastbury , and the 137th lowest crime rate of 521 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 Rugby Road (RM9 4AH) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rugby Road (RM9 4AH), the main crime hotspot is near Gale Street. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rugby Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheppey Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Sheppey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sheppey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Sheppey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Waterbeach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterbeach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gale Street
Sep 2025Other theft Sheppey Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rusper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wykeham Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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