Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bower Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 15 local areas in Shadwell , and the 278th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bower Street (E1 0LE) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% lower than the Shadwell average (135.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bower Street (E1 0LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clearbrook Way, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boulcott Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shadwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Diggon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Diggon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warren Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warren Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bere Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boulcott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitsea Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Head Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Head Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boulcott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Boulcott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnado Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chudleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Senrab Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunelm Street | Under investigation |
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