Total Crime Rate

53.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 53.0 5/10
  • Violent crimes 24.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Burglary 1.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rainhill Way area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 86th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rainhill Way (E3 3HP) in the last 12 months was 53.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.9% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rainhill Way (E3 3HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bow Church, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Brewery Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rainhill Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trevithick Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Purdy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alameda Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Trevithick Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bow Church
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Purdy Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eagling Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alameda Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eagling Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Eagling Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Devons Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Brewery Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rounton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rounton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rounton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rounton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alameda Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bow Church
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rounton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Devons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Campbell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Campbell Road
Apr 2026Burglary Rainhill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Rainhill Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Devons Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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