Crime Rate in Bow East, ward

Bow East has the 10th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 815th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 175th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bow East in the last 12 months was 134.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bow East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 686 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 18 cases , down -5.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 22.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 947 (≈ 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bow East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hackney Wick, with 179 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Libra Road (49 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.