Total Crime Rate
164.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
79.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tomlins Grove area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 296th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tomlins Grove (E3 4NY) in the last 12 months was 164.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Bromley North average (165.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 79.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tomlins Grove (E3 4NY), 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 | Burglary | Rainhill Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Springwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Eagling Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eagling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Denmark Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomas Fyre Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bow Church | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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