Total Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026This area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 229th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around This (E3 2ED) in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% lower than the Bow East average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (β 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode E3 2ED, the main crime hotspot is near Libra Road. Police recorded 91 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cardigan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Usher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tredegar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Usher Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Usher Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Usher Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Usher Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Usher Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hewison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Anglo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anglo Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anglo Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anglo Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Forum Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B142 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morville Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Matilda Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwood Close | Under investigation |
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