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Postcode district · Dagenham

Crime in RM9

How much crime is recorded in RM9, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Barking and Dagenham
Region
London
Population
67,061 (2024)
Crime

How safe is RM9

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 40.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in RM9, 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
40.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
76
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).

RM9National
Violence and sexual offences27.123.6
Anti-social behaviour13.310.7
Burglary11.99.1
Vehicle crime7.63.5
Shoplifting4.98.4
Other theft4.74.5
Public order3.84.6
Drugs3.42.4
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Robbery3.01.4
Theft from the person1.82.1
Other crime1.31.5
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025

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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