Total Crime Rate

215.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 215.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 108.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 38.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.0 9/10
  • Robbery 16.9 10/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shortcrofts Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Alibon , and the 68th 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 Shortcrofts Road (RM9 5PH) in the last 12 months was 215.0 per 1,000 residents and was 91.4% higher than the Alibon average (112.3 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 108.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shortcrofts Road (RM9 5PH), the main crime hotspot is near Parsloes Avenue. Police recorded 54 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shortcrofts Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Monmouth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meadow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fanshawe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fanshawe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Talbot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Talbot Road
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parsloes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parsloes Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parsloes Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kingsmill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parsloes Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Kingsmill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Kingsmill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parsloes Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meadow Walk
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hunsdon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hunsdon Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parsloes Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnmead Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ayloffe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Fanshawe Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parsloes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagenham Heathway Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tilney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tilney Road
Apr 2026Other theft Parsloes Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harris Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harris Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dagenham Heathway Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harris Road

Data Sources

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