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Crime in RM8 3

How much crime is recorded in RM8 3, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Barking and Dagenham
Region
London
Population
23,856 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RM8 3

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 35.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in RM8 3, above 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
35.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
65
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 3National
Violence and sexual offences24.123.6
Burglary13.19.1
Anti-social behaviour11.510.7
Vehicle crime5.63.5
Other theft4.64.5
Public order3.44.6
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Shoplifting2.38.4
Robbery2.21.4
Drugs2.22.4
Theft from the person1.72.1
Other crime0.91.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Possession of weapons0.50.9
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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