Total Crime Rate

832.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 832.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 173.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 170.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 161.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 63.9 10/10
  • Other theft 57.5 10/10
  • Robbery 48.6 10/10
  • Public order 35.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.7 10/10
  • Burglary 25.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.6 10/10
  • Drugs 19.2 10/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
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

Messina Way area has the highest crime rate of 38 local areas in Barking Riverside , and the 4th 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 Messina Way (RM9 6FF) in the last 12 months was 832.5 per 1,000 residents and was 434.0% higher than the Barking Riverside average (155.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 202 (≈ 258.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Messina Way (RM9 6FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 256 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heathway (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Messina Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heathway
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Heathway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Heathway Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heathway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Heathway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heathway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Heathway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station

Data Sources

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