Total Crime Rate
129.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tallow Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Barking Riverside , and the 140th 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 Tallow Close (RM9 6EU) in the last 12 months was 129.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.8% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 81.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tallow Close (RM9 6EU), the main crime hotspot is near Tallow Close. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barking Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lullington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Urswick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ivy Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eaton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sheldon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hedgemans Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lullington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lullington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lullington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lullington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lullington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Urswick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tallow Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tallow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tallow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tallow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hedgemans Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedgemans Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedgemans Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ivy Walk | Under investigation |
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