Total Crime Rate
123.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gale Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Eastbury , and the 157th highest 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 Gale Street (RM9 4NU) in the last 12 months was 123.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.7% higher than the Eastbury average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gale Street (RM9 4NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gale Street, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Amesbury Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mayesbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arden Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rusper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arden Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rusper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malpas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malpas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wykeham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykeham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Amesbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Amesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becontree | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Becontree | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Becontree | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Becontree | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waterbeach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sheppey Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheppey Gardens | Under investigation |
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