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Postcode sector · Dagenham

Crime in RM8 2

How much crime is recorded in RM8 2, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Barking and Dagenham
Region
London
Population
24,739 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RM8 2

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in RM8 2, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
34.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

RM8 2National
Violence and sexual offences22.923.6
Burglary13.39.1
Anti-social behaviour10.410.7
Vehicle crime5.43.5
Other theft3.84.5
Public order3.24.6
Shoplifting2.98.4
Drugs2.42.4
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Robbery2.31.4
Theft from the person2.02.1
Other crime1.21.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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