Total Crime Rate
373.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ropery Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 95th 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 Ropery Street (E3 4QH) in the last 12 months was 373.2 per 1,000 residents and was 141.8% higher than the Bromley North average (154.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 61 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ropery Street (E3 4QH), the main crime hotspot is near British Street. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 24 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoff Cade Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portia Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Portia Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Portia Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Julia Scurr Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Michael Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoff Cade Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoff Cade Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoff Cade Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockhart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eric Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nellie Cressall Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | British Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Treby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Treby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nellie Cressall Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Geoffrey Chaucer Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | English Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weatherley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Maritime Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maritime Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Maritime Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maritime Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Portia Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Southern Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ropery Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | British Street | Under investigation |
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