Total Crime Rate
358.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellington Way area has the 9th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 99th highest crime rate of 710 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 Wellington Way (E3 4NA) in the last 12 months was 358.7 per 1,000 residents and was 132.4% higher than the Bromley North average (154.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 130.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Way (E3 4NA), the main crime hotspot is near Merchant Street. Police recorded 180 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bromley North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coborn Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coborn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eleanor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Caxton Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eleanor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hartfield Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
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