Total Crime Rate

381.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 381.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 93.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 36.3 10/10
  • Public order 32.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Robbery 24.8 10/10
  • Drugs 22.9 10/10
  • Other theft 21.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.5 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mile End Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bow West , and the 89th highest crime rate of 710 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 Mile End Road (E3 4QS) in the last 12 months was 381.7 per 1,000 residents and was 189.0% higher than the Bow West average (132.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 141.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mile End Road (E3 4QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhondda Grove, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Toby Lane (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mile End Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/62)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Toby Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mossford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Toby Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alloway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tony Cannell Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tony Cannell Mews —
Sep 2025Public order Toby Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rhondda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eric Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tony Cannell Mews —
Sep 2025Other theft Mile End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mile End Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mile End Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mile End Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Harford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mossford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rhondda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Clinton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mossford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Eric Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eric Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Whitman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Canal Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mile End Road Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mossford Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Mossford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mossford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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