Crime Rate in Bow West, ward

Bow West has the 9th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 840th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 184th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bow West in the last 12 months was 133.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bow West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 423 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 6 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 31.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 613 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bow West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Old Ford Road, with 173 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bow Road (53 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.