Total Crime Rate

192.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 192.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 54.3 10/10
  • Drugs 17.3 10/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.4 8/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gale Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 249th highest 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 Gale Street (E3 3RW) in the last 12 months was 192.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% higher than the Bromley North average (154.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 71.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gale Street (E3 3RW), the main crime hotspot is near Violet Road. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gale Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Yeo Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Blackthorn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Brock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Brock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bartlett Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cotall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cotall Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Cotall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cotall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glaucus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brock Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawgood Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawgood Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Ursula Gould Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ursula Gould Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ursula Gould Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ursula Gould Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Yeo Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawgood Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Celandine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Celandine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Celandine Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Celandine Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Brock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Invicta Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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