Total Crime Rate

94.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

32.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 32.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Menai Place area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 217th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Menai Place (E3 2BF) in the last 12 months was 94.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% lower than the Bow East average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Menai Place (E3 2BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Iceland Road, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Usher Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Menai Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thomas Fyre Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Jebb Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wrexham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wrexham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Matilda Gardens
Apr 2026Drugs Brymay Close Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brymay Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brymay Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thomas Fyre Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pancras Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pancras Way
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Iceland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Forum Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Forum Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ordell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ordell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ordell Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jebb Street
Apr 2026Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ordell Road
Apr 2026Drugs Wick Lane Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Iceland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Iceland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Iceland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Iceland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Iceland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Iceland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wick Lane

Data Sources

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