Total Crime Rate

69.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 69.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.4 7/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

This area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 154th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around This (E3 2ED) in the last 12 months was 69.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -64.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode E3 2ED, the main crime hotspot is near Libra Road. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in E3 2ED area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Springwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Other crime Four Seasons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Redwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Douro Street 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 2025Robbery Libra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Douro Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Anglo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lea Square —
Sep 2025Drugs Springwood Close Local resolution

Data Sources

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