Total Crime Rate
273.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roach Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 157th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Roach Road (E3 2NZ) in the last 12 months was 273.6 per 1,000 residents and was 100.0% 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roach Road (E3 2NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Hackney Wick. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 47 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeed Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wyke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wyke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wyke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hackney Wick | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hackney Wick | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bream Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smeed Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stour Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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