Total Crime Rate
234.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Clements Avenue area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 200th 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 St Clements Avenue (E3 4RN) in the last 12 months was 234.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 110.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Clements Avenue (E3 4RN), 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 | Drugs | British Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Richard Tress Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Merchant Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
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