Total Crime Rate
425.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
136.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 78th highest crime rate of 693 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 425.4 per 1,000 residents and was 157.6% higher 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 136.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Way (E3 4NA), the main crime hotspot is near Merchant Street. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 118 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bromley North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Benworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Malmesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ordell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ordell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ordell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Merchant Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hereford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | British Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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