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 4EW) 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 4EW), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Gale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watts Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Archibald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Devons Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chiltern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fern Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watts Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Watts Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Swaton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Devons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Watts Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Belton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knapp Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spanby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spanby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Devons Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Devons Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tidey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rounton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belton Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Willow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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