Total Crime Rate

109.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 40.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Burglary 22.7 10/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Fairfield Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 270th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Fairfield Road (E3 2UB) in the last 12 months was 109.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% lower than the Bow East average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairfield Road (E3 2UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bow Church, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bow Road (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Bow East

Crime Over Time in Fairfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/79)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartfield Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jebb Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hartfield Terrace —
Apr 2026Robbery Jebb Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ridgdale Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ridgdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Wrexham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wrexham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B142 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Matilda Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B142 Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Iceland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Iceland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Iceland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft B142 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Denmark Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B142 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B142 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B142 —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 79

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑