Total Crime Rate
99.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ripple Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Eastbury , and the 207th highest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ripple Road (RM9 4QL) in the last 12 months was 99.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ripple Road (RM9 4QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ripple Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ripple Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wivenhoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplestead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Moore Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moore Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosedale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ripple Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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