Total Crime Rate
385.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rainhill Way 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 Rainhill Way (E3 3EE) 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 Rainhill Way (E3 3EE), 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.
View Crime In Bromley North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomas Fyre Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rainhill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wrexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wrexham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ridgdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ridgdale Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Jebb Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jebb Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Campbell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Campbell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Brewery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Springwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rainhill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Brewery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Trevithick Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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