Total Crime Rate

273.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 273.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.5 9/10
  • Other theft 39.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 39.7 10/10
  • Drugs 26.4 10/10
  • Public order 26.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.2 6/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Paton 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.

Crime Over Time in Paton Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wrexham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alameda Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alameda Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Alameda Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Alameda Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Fyre Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartfield Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hartfield Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Caxton Grove
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Primrose Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church
Sep 2025Burglary Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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