Total Crime Rate

345.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

150.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 345.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 150.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 32.9 10/10
  • Other theft 28.2 10/10
  • Drugs 23.5 10/10
  • Burglary 21.1 10/10
  • Public order 21.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Robbery 11.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 7.0 4/10
  • Other crime 4.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Alameda Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 104th highest 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 Alameda Place (E3 2ZN) in the last 12 months was 345.1 per 1,000 residents and was 152.2% higher 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 150.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alameda Place (E3 2ZN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bow Church, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Brewery Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alameda Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rainhill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bromley High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Rainhill Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powis Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Powis Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Wrexham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wrexham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cook'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ridgdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Ridgdale Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Old Brewery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Brewery Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Payne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bow Church
Apr 2026Other theft Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alameda Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alameda Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bow Church Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bow Church
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bow Church

Data Sources

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