Total Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Swaton Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 78th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Swaton Road (E3 4ER) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swaton Road (E3 4ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Campbell Road, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devons Road (31 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 | Campbell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tidey 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 | Vehicle crime | Tidey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chiltern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tidey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Blackthorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Willow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Furze Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tidey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackthorn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Archibald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rounton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brock Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Devons Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Devons Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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