Total Crime Rate

29.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 29.1 3/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.9 1/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Heathway area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Alibon , and the 53rd lowest crime rate of 521 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Heathway (RM9 5UX) in the last 12 months was 29.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.8% lower than the Alibon average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heathway (RM9 5UX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxlow Lane, where police recorded 39 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 Heathway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Osborne Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Fanshawe Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnmead Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Singleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pettit'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastfield Gardens
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Oxlow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oxlow Lane

Data Sources

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