Total Crime Rate
273.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Paton Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 158th 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 Paton Close (E3 2QE) in the last 12 months was 273.1 per 1,000 residents and was 102.2% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 105.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paton Close (E3 2QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bow Church, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bow Road (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wrexham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alameda Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Fyre Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old Brewery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Old Brewery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Brewery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartfield Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hartfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Primrose Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
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