Total Crime Rate

183.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 183.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.3 9/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Northfield 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.

Crime Over Time in Northfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weylond Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Five Elms Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Five Elms Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thompson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Joyners Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Weylond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Osborne Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Five Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halbutt Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Halbutt Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halbutt Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halbutt Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halbutt Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halbutt Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Five Elms Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halbutt Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halbutt Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastfield Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weston Green —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weston Green —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weston Green —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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