Total Crime Rate

385.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 385.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 197.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 97.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.1 9/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Robbery 6.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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

Bow Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 88th 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 Bow Road (E3 3AA) in the last 12 months was 385.6 per 1,000 residents and was 133.5% higher than the Bromley North average (165.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 97.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bow Road (E3 3AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bow Church, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bow Road (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/82)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Springwood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Springwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rainhill Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alameda Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alameda Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Rainhill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Campbell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Addington Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Addington Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bow Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baldock Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hartfield Terrace —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartfield Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baldock Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Baldock Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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