Total Crime Rate

154.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 154.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Burglary 45.5 10/10
  • Drugs 18.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Fairfield Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 307th 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 Fairfield Road (E3 2ZB) in the last 12 months was 154.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fairfield Road (E3 2ZB), the main crime hotspot is near Bow Road. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fairfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Tredegar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fairfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Iceland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Iceland Road —
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Morville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Morville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tredegar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tredegar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Redwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ordell Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ordell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ordell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ordell Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ordell Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kitcat Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Four Seasons Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B142 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Springwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Springwood Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Springwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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