Total Crime Rate

454.4 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 454.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 148.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 53.1 8/10
  • Other theft 48.8 10/10
  • Public order 40.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.1 9/10
  • Drugs 14.9 9/10
  • Robbery 14.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Parnell Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 65th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Parnell Road (E3 2RT) in the last 12 months was 454.4 per 1,000 residents and was 236.4% 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 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 109.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 97 (≈ 205.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 165.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parnell Road (E3 2RT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Parnell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tamar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wendon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Armagh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tamar Close
Sep 2025Other crime Four Seasons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Cross Route
Sep 2025Theft from the person Morville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Morville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Ford Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tredegar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Jodrell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterside Close
Sep 2025Public order Cardigan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tamar Close
Sep 2025Robbery Libra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shetland Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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