Total Crime Rate
97.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellington Way area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 232nd lowest 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 Wellington Way (E3 4XE) in the last 12 months was 97.3 per 1,000 residents and was 41.1% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Way (E3 4XE), 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 | Theft from the person | Campbell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chiltern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Arnold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Alfred Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Harley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Harley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harley Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Swaton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlin'S Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Addington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knapp Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Merchant Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merchant Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dimson Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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