Total Crime Rate

300.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 300.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 61.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.1 10/10
  • Burglary 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Drugs 13.7 9/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bow Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 134th highest crime rate of 710 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 3AR) in the last 12 months was 300.3 per 1,000 residents and was 94.6% higher than the Bromley North average (154.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -47.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 109.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bow Road (E3 3AR), the main crime hotspot is near Old Brewery Road. Police recorded 130 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/87)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cook'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Burglary Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brymay Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bow Church Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bow Church Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bow Church Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Payne Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alameda Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bow Church —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baldock Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ridgdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ridgdale Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thomas Fyre Drive Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Payne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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