Total Crime Rate
355.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rainhill Way area has the 10th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 101st 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 Rainhill Way (E3 3FQ) in the last 12 months was 355.9 per 1,000 residents and was 130.6% higher than the Bromley North average (154.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -57.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 105.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 152.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rainhill Way (E3 3FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Brewery Road, where police recorded 130 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bow Road (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromley North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Fyre Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Fyre Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wrexham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alameda Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alameda Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brymay Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eagling Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bow Church | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bow Church | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eleanor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bow Church | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bruce Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Brewery Road | Under investigation |
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