Total Crime Rate

166.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 166.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Burglary 17.3 10/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 23rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 287th highest crime rate of 710 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 This (E3 2EQ) in the last 12 months was 166.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode E3 2EQ, 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.

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Crime Over Time in E3 2EQ area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fairfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ordell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Libra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ordell Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ordell Road
Sep 2025Burglary Ordell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartfield Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ordell Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Anglo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Anglo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anglo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cardigan Road
Sep 2025Public order Cardigan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hartfield Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tredegar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Merchant Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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