Crime Rate in Bow East, ward

Bow East has the 9th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 849th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 182nd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bow East in the last 12 months was 135.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bow East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 727 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 15 cases , up 87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 105.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -24.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 967 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bow East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hackney Wick, with 167 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Libra Road (60 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.