Total Crime Rate
526.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
130.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rhondda Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bow West , and the 50th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rhondda Grove (E3 5AP) in the last 12 months was 526.9 per 1,000 residents and was 292.2% higher than the Bow West average (134.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 130.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rhondda Grove (E3 5AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhondda Grove, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mile End (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 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pembroke Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aberavon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aberavon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pembroke Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Pembroke Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Antill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Viking Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Clements Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rhondda Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rhondda Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strahan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Treby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Treby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Southern Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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