Total Crime Rate
90.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Armagh Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 227th lowest crime rate of 710 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 Armagh Road (E3 2HT) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Armagh Road (E3 2HT), 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.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tamar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawthorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawthorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Libra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Libra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hewison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lea Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sycamore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Usher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Ford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Morville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Morville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tredegar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tredegar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tredegar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tredegar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cardigan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardigan Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
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