Total Crime Rate
626.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coborn Street area has the highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 35th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coborn Street (E3 2AB) in the last 12 months was 626.9 per 1,000 residents and was 364.2% higher than the Bow East average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 174.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 96.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coborn Street (E3 2AB), the main crime hotspot is near Merchant Street. Police recorded 180 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | British Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coborn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coborn Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coborn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmer Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Balmer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Balmer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morgan Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Southern Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hereford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ordell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ordell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ordell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lichfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lichfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
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