Total Crime Rate

97.7 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 97.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bruce Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 250th 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 Bruce Road (E3 3HR) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bruce Road (E3 3HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Harston Walk, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Brewery Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bruce Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hannaford Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Payne Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Purdy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purdy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tibbatt'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Payne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Payne Road 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 2025Burglary Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Purdy Street —
Sep 2025Public order Reeves Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Reeves Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Reeves Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reeves Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reeves Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reeves Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Brewery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Purdy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Washington Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour William Guy Gardens —
Sep 2025Robbery Harston Walk Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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