Total Crime Rate

352.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 352.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 108.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.4 10/10
  • Other theft 29.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 9/10
  • Drugs 20.9 10/10
  • Burglary 18.8 10/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 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

Watts Grove 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 Watts Grove (E3 3RB) 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 Watts Grove (E3 3RB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Watts Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/96)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brabazon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Yeo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Brock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Brock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Brock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Yeo Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Yeo Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yeo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yeo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Yeo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brabazon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Yeo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Yeo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yeo Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yeo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Furze Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Yeo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yeo Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Furze Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devons Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaucus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Gale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gale Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Devons Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Devons Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Blackthorn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Devons Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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