Crime Rates at Gale Street, Dagenham, RM9 4UR

Gale Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Eastbury , and the 56th highest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gale Street (RM9 4UR) in the last 12 months was 228.5 per 1,000 residents and was 184.4% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 112.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gale Street (RM9 4UR), 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.