Total Crime Rate
95.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Morgan Street area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bow West , and the 220th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Morgan Street (E3 5AB) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower than the Bow West average (134.3 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morgan Street (E3 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhondda Grove, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Clements Avenue (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bow West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | British Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Brokesley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brokesley Street | 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 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Balmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clements Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Balmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Balmer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmer Road | — |
| 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 | Burglary | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tony Cannell Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Richard Tress Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rhondda Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brokesley Street | Under investigation |
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