Police stamped out crime on a council estate hit by burglars.
Residents on Thames View Estate in Bastable Avenue, Barking, suffered from one break-in almost every other day in March, figures show.
But high visibility patrols and undercover work helped to reduce the number of burglaries, which fell from three a week to less than one a week last month.
Cllr Jeanne Alexander, the cabinet member for crime at Barking and Dagenham Council, said: “The estates police team is delivering results on the ground and deserves our thanks.”
Thames View residents submitted a petition to the council requesting security improvements back in August.
As a result a safety roadshow visited the council estate and patrols were stepped up.
Police said they made a number of arrests in the area, for drug dealing, motoring offences, bail matters and dangerous dogs.
Councillors discussed burglary on the estate at an assembly meeting held at Barking Town Hall on the Town Square on October 10.
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