Crime Rate in Bow West, ward

Bow West has the 10th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 898th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 187th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bow West in the last 12 months was 132.1 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bow West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 417 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 82.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -38.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 609 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bow West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Old Ford Road, with 181 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bow Road (49 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.