Total Crime Rate
174.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gale Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 280th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gale Street (E3 3RJ) in the last 12 months was 174.1 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gale Street (E3 3RJ), 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.
View Crime In Bromley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rounton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pioneer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Violet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ellesmere Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellesmere Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ellesmere Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellesmere Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackthorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rounton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rounton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pioneer Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rounton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rounton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rounton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rounton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rounton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rounton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rounton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watts Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watts Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Devons Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Violet Road | — |
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