Total Crime Rate
86.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Romsey Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Barking Riverside , and the 254th lowest crime rate of 512 local areas in Barking and Dagenham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Romsey Road (RM9 6BB) in the last 12 months was 86.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% lower than the Barking Riverside average (156.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 21.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Romsey Road (RM9 6BB), the main crime hotspot is near Cook Road. Police recorded 182 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Goresbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cook Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elstow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Kinggett Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Kinggett Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martin Kinggett Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richard Ryan Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polesworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polesworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Polesworth Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Polesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baden Powell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Scrattons Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dagenham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vincent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vincent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Elstow Road | Under investigation |
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