Total Crime Rate
264.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wyke Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 167th 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 Wyke Road (E3 2ZR) in the last 12 months was 264.4 per 1,000 residents and was 93.2% higher than the Bow East average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wyke Road (E3 2ZR), the main crime hotspot is near Hackney Wick. Police recorded 185 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beachy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bream Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bream Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bream Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rothbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rothbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stour Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wyke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Dace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Anthony'S Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bream Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Wick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wansbeck Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hackney Wick | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hackney Wick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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