Total Crime Rate
316.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Payne Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 128th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Payne Road (E3 2FX) in the last 12 months was 316.9 per 1,000 residents and was 131.6% higher than the Bow East average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 868.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Payne Road (E3 2FX), the main crime hotspot is near Old Brewery Road. Police recorded 119 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Payne Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ridgdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pudding Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wrexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wrexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pudding Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pudding Mill Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Priory Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arrow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Brewery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Brewery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Brewery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Brewery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Powis Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pudding Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Payne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bruce Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bruce Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bruce Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bruce Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bruce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Payne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Old Brewery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Payne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Payne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Payne Road | — |
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