Total Crime Rate
345.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
150.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alameda 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.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rainhill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromley High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rainhill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Brewery Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Powis Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wrexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wrexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cook'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ridgdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ridgdale Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Brewery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Brewery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Payne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alameda Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alameda Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bow Church | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
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