Total Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spanby Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 179th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Spanby Road (E3 4EN) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spanby Road (E3 4EN), the main crime hotspot is near Gale Street. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 27 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 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tidey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tidey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tidey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ireton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ireton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ireton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fern Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belton Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watts Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spanby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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