Total Crime Rate

100.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.0 8/10
  • Public order 20.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tower Hamlets Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Hoe Street , and the 275th highest crime rate of 704 local areas in Waltham Forest .

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 Tower Hamlets Road (E17 4RH) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Hoe Street average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Hamlets Road (E17 4RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forest Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Tower Hamlets Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stainforth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cairo Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Church Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromley Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromley Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromley Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Bromley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Aubrey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richards Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cairo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cairo Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Forest Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cleveland Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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