Total Crime Rate

113.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.5 5/10
  • Drugs 10.7 8/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.1 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 27th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 300th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bow Road (E3 3AU) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% lower than the Bromley North average (154.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 78.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bow Road (E3 3AU), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Payne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Payne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Payne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Payne Road —
Sep 2025Public order Bromley High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bromley High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bruce Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bruce Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pintle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cook'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cook'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Washington Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ridgdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Payne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Priory Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Alameda Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bromley High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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