Total Crime Rate
352.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Glaucus Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 102nd 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 Glaucus Street (E3 3QS) in the last 12 months was 352.8 per 1,000 residents and was 128.6% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 121.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glaucus Street (E3 3QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Devons Road, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Violet Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brabazon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Watts Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purdy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Purdy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Purdy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purdy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Blackthorn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yeo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yeo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yeo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yeo Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yeo Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devons Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hawgood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devons Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Devons Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Devons Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Devons Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Devons Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Yeo Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Yeo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Yeo Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tibbatt'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pioneer Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rounton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Yeo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawgood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Watts Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Glaucus Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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