Total Crime Rate

90.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.3 8/10
  • Drugs 23.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wellington Way area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Bromley North , and the 226th lowest 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 Wellington Way (E3 4XG) in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wellington Way (E3 4XG), 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 Wellington Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bow Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ireton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ireton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ireton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ireton Street
Sep 2025Other crime Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eleanor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Merchant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Merchant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Merchant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Merchant Street Under investigation
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
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Merchant Street

Data Sources

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