Total Crime Rate
154.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fairfield 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.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tredegar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fairfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Iceland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Iceland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Morville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Morville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tredegar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tredegar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tredegar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Redwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ordell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ordell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ordell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Kitcat Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Four Seasons Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B142 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Springwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Springwood Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Springwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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