Total Crime Rate
183.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Northfield Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Heath , and the 90th highest crime rate of 521 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 Northfield Road (RM9 5UR) in the last 12 months was 183.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% higher 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 87.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 124.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northfield Road (RM9 5UR), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weylond Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Elms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Five Elms Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thompson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Joyners Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Weylond Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Osborne Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Five Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Halbutt Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Halbutt Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halbutt Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halbutt Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halbutt Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halbutt Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Five Elms Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halbutt Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halbutt Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Powell Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Robinson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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