Total Crime Rate

97.1 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 97.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.1 8/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 6.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowstring Plaza area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 248th lowest crime rate of 710 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 Bowstring Plaza (E3 4TS) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% lower than the Bromley North average (154.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowstring Plaza (E3 4TS), the main crime hotspot is near Merchant Street. Police recorded 180 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bowstring Plaza area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Eric Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Merchant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Merchant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merchant Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merchant Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merchant Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merchant Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lockhart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eric Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eric Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Eric Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour English Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Tredegar Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wraxall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wraxall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mile End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mile End Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Ropery Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ropery Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Merchant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Mile End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Treby Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Treby Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Maritime Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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