Total Crime Rate

402.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

119.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 402.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 119.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 114.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Other theft 33.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.1 10/10
  • Burglary 23.0 10/10
  • Drugs 20.9 10/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.5 9/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.1 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

Watts Grove area has the 8th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 693 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 402.9 per 1,000 residents and was 143.9% higher than the Bromley North average (165.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 62.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -9.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 119.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watts Grove (E3 3RB), the main crime hotspot is near Violet Road. Police recorded 144 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Watts Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/124)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Morris Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tidey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Devons Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Devons Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Blackthorn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blackthorn Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blackthorn Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blackthorn Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blackthorn Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Tidey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Maddams Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tidey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tidey Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tidey Street —
Apr 2026Public order Furze Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Furze Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Furze Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Furze Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Devons Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maddams Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Devons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Yeo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Yeo Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Yeo Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Devons Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Devons Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Devons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Devons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Devons Road Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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