Barking Riverside vs Church Street

Barking Riverside has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) and recorded 2,428 crimes in the last 12 months. Church Street has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) with 21,991 crimes. Church Street scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Barking Riverside shows a year-on-year crime trend of +3.5% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Church Street shows +2.9% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Barking Riverside, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (803 incidents). In Church Street, it is Anti-Social Behaviour (4,315 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Barking Riverside recorded 505 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Church Street recorded 4,315. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Barking Riverside totalled 803 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 3,561 in Church Street. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Barking Riverside recorded 2,345 crimes (now 2,428, a change of +3.5%). Church Street recorded 21,381 crimes previously (now 21,991, +2.9%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Barking Riverside has a resolution rate of 30.4% and Church Street has 33.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Barking Riverside falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Church Street is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Barking Riverside and Church Street. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.