Total Crime Rate
245.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Devons Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 186th 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 Devons Road (E3 3AN) in the last 12 months was 245.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.7% higher than the Bromley North average (165.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 93.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devons Road (E3 3AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cotall Street, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burgess Street (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Metropolitan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broomfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Broomfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackthorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Metropolitan Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shelmerdine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelmerdine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelmerdine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Metropolitan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Metropolitan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Metropolitan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoff Cade Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Watts Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoff Cade Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guthridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guthridge Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Thomas Road | Under investigation |
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