Total Crime Rate
884.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
340.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maltings Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 20th 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 Maltings Close (E3 3TE) in the last 12 months was 884.6 per 1,000 residents and was 435.6% higher than the Bromley North average (165.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 124 (≈ 340.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maltings Close (E3 3TE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 166 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harston Walk (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bromley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maltings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harston Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gillender Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gillender Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillender Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillender Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillender Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gillender Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harston Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gillender Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harston Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harston Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harston Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harston Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Harston Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harston Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gillender Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gillender Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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