Total Crime Rate

198.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.3 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 198.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 87.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.6 10/10
  • Drugs 21.8 10/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Robbery 15.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 8.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St Leonards Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 693 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 St Leonards Street (E3 3BT) in the last 12 months was 198.7 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Leonards Street (E3 3BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 166 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harston Walk (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Leonards Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Powis Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Harston Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harston Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harston Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harston Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Harston Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Harston Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Harston Walk Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harston Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harston Walk
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harston Walk
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bromley High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Priory Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Empson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Empson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Empson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Empson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Empson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Empson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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