Crime Rates at Wood Lane, Dagenham, RM9 5TD

Wood Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Heath , and the 213th highest crime rate of 521 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 Wood Lane (RM9 5TD) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower than the Heath average (107.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Lane (RM9 5TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northfield Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.