Total Crime Rate

39.4 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 39.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.4 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Amesbury Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 38 local areas in Barking Riverside , and the 87th 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 Amesbury Road (RM9 6AD) in the last 12 months was 39.4 per 1,000 residents and was 74.7% lower than the Barking Riverside average (155.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Amesbury Road (RM9 6AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gale Street, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tallow Close (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Amesbury Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malpas Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Studley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wix Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amesbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lullington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Gale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arden Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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