Total Crime Rate

122.9 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 122.9 8/10
  • Burglary 34.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

This area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 339th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (E3 2EA) in the last 12 months was 122.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower than the Bow East average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode E3 2EA, the main crime hotspot is near Libra Road. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in E3 2EA area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Four Seasons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pancras Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alfred Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary B142 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B142 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B142 —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Redwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Morville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Morville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tredegar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tredegar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cardigan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardigan Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Anglo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Anglo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pancras Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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