Total Crime Rate
144.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wendon Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 324th 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 Wendon Street (E3 2JR) in the last 12 months was 144.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wendon Street (E3 2JR), 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 | Drugs | Usher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Remus Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lea Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruston Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ruston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pancras Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterside Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wendon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lea Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Ford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pancras Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tamar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Cross Route | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sycamore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Monier Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hart Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Libra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Libra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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