diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
index 947f15cc55f..7887d2f4f6e 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTScheduler.mm
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ class LayoutAnimationDelegateProxy : public LayoutAnimationStatusDelegate, publi
       if (reactNativeConfig->getBool("react_fabric:enable_crash_on_missing_component_descriptor")) {
         _animationDriver->enableCrashOnMissingComponentDescriptor();
       }
+      if (reactNativeConfig->getBool("react_fabric:enable_simulate_image_props_memory_access")) {
+        _animationDriver->enableSimulateImagePropsMemoryAccess();
+      }
       _uiRunLoopObserver =
           toolbox.mainRunLoopObserverFactory(RunLoopObserver::Activity::BeforeWaiting, _layoutAnimationDelegateProxy);
       _uiRunLoopObserver->setDelegate(_layoutAnimationDelegateProxy.get());
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/BUCK b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/BUCK
index fbf1c6c6139..1998f8d9717 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/BUCK
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/BUCK
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ rn_xplat_cxx_library(
         react_native_xplat_target("react/debug:debug"),
         react_native_xplat_target("react/renderer/componentregistry:componentregistry"),
         react_native_xplat_target("react/renderer/components/view:view"),
+        react_native_xplat_target("react/renderer/components/image:image"),
         react_native_xplat_target("react/renderer/core:core"),
         react_native_xplat_target("react/renderer/debug:debug"),
         react_native_xplat_target("react/renderer/mounting:mounting"),
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
index 846085ed04d..d4676fb5c27 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <react/renderer/animations/conversions.h>
 #include <react/renderer/animations/utils.h>
 #include <react/renderer/componentregistry/ComponentDescriptorFactory.h>
+#include <react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.h>
 #include <react/renderer/components/view/ViewProps.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/ComponentDescriptor.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/LayoutMetrics.h>
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::pullTransaction(
     MountingTransaction::Number transactionNumber,
     TransactionTelemetry const &telemetry,
     ShadowViewMutationList mutations) const {
+  simulateImagePropsMemoryAccess(mutations);
   // Current time in milliseconds
   uint64_t now = now_();
 
@@ -1058,6 +1060,8 @@ LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::pullTransaction(
     }
   }
 
+  simulateImagePropsMemoryAccess(mutations);
+
   return MountingTransaction{
       surfaceId, transactionNumber, std::move(mutations), telemetry};
 }
@@ -1086,6 +1090,10 @@ void LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::enableCrashOnMissingComponentDescriptor() {
   crashOnMissingComponentDescriptor_ = true;
 }
 
+void LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::enableSimulateImagePropsMemoryAccess() {
+  simulateImagePropsMemoryAccess_ = true;
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Protected
 
 bool LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::hasComponentDescriptorForShadowView(
@@ -1696,5 +1704,40 @@ void LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::deleteAnimationsForStoppedSurfaces()
   }
 }
 
+void LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager::simulateImagePropsMemoryAccess(
+    ShadowViewMutationList const &mutations) const {
+  if (!simulateImagePropsMemoryAccess_) {
+    return;
+  }
+  for (auto const &mutation : mutations) {
+    if (mutation.type != ShadowViewMutation::Type::Insert) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (strcmp(mutation.newChildShadowView.componentName, "Image") == 0) {
+      auto const &imageProps = *std::static_pointer_cast<ImageProps const>(
+          mutation.newChildShadowView.props);
+      int temp = 0;
+      switch (imageProps.resizeMode) {
+        case ImageResizeMode::Cover:
+          temp = 1;
+          break;
+        case ImageResizeMode::Contain:
+          temp = 2;
+          break;
+        case ImageResizeMode::Stretch:
+          temp = 3;
+          break;
+        case ImageResizeMode::Center:
+          temp = 4;
+          break;
+        case ImageResizeMode::Repeat:
+          temp = 5;
+          break;
+      }
+      (void)temp;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace react
 } // namespace facebook
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
index 099c1c4dcaf..330b597827b 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/animations/LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager : public UIManagerAnimationDelegate,
 
   void enableCrashOnMissingComponentDescriptor();
 
+  void enableSimulateImagePropsMemoryAccess();
+
  protected:
   SharedComponentDescriptorRegistry componentDescriptorRegistry_;
   mutable better::optional<LayoutAnimation> currentAnimation_{};
@@ -157,6 +159,12 @@ class LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager : public UIManagerAnimationDelegate,
    */
   bool crashOnMissingComponentDescriptor_{false};
 
+  /*
+   * Feature flag that enables simulation of memory access. This is a temporary
+   * flag to diagnose where crashes are coming from in LayoutAnimations on iOS.
+   */
+  bool simulateImagePropsMemoryAccess_{false};
+
   // Function that returns current time in milliseconds
   std::function<uint64_t()> now_;
 
@@ -180,6 +188,9 @@ class LayoutAnimationKeyFrameManager : public UIManagerAnimationDelegate,
    * Removes animations from `inflightAnimations_` for stopped surfaces.
    */
   void deleteAnimationsForStoppedSurfaces() const;
+
+  void simulateImagePropsMemoryAccess(
+      ShadowViewMutationList const &mutations) const;
 };
 
 } // namespace react