Total Crime Rate
99.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026English Street area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 239th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around English Street (E3 4TA) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 39.9% lower than the Bromley North average (165.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around English Street (E3 4TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Clements Avenue, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portia Way (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mile End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | 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 | Burglary | Michael Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Joseph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Joseph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Geoffrey Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tony Cannell Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Maritime Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Maritime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Maritime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Maritime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maritime Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Geoffrey Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Portia Way | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Wraxall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portia Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Geoffrey Chaucer Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Portia Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Portia Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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