Total Crime Rate

48.3 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 48.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Carlile Close area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 96th 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 Carlile Close (E3 2ES) in the last 12 months was 48.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.2% lower than the Bow East average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carlile Close (E3 2ES), 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 Carlile Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Four Seasons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Centurion Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hewison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hewison Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coborn Street
Sep 2025Drugs Coborn Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Drugs Coborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Beale Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beale Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beale Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Libra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Balmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balmer Road
Sep 2025Other theft Anglo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beale Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Harley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hewison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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