Total Crime Rate
100.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gale Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Eastbury , and the 205th highest crime rate of 512 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 Gale Street (RM9 4NX) in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 12.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gale Street (RM9 4NX), the main crime hotspot is near Gale Street. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mayesbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheppey Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Rusper Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wykeham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wykeham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rusper Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rusper Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sheppey Gardens | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Malpas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheppey Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheppey Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malpas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Waterbeach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterbeach 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Becontree | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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