Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 29.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Spanby 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.

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Crime Over Time in Spanby Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gale Street
Apr 2026Public order Watts Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Archibald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Devons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Devons Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Chiltern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Fern Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watts Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Watts Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Swaton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Devons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Swaton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Watts Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Belton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knapp Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spanby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Spanby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tidey Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tidey Street
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tidey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Devons Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Devons Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tidey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rounton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belton Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Old Willow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Dimson Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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