Total Crime Rate
626.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rhondda Grove area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bow West , and the 34th highest crime rate of 710 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 626.9 per 1,000 residents and was 374.7% higher than the Bow West average (132.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 2475.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 138.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.9% 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 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mile End (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bow West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Antill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cherrywood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wraxall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wraxall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Antill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eric Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Eric Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Antill Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mile End Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Southern Grove | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Clinton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coborn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wentworth Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Treby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brokesley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clements Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clements Avenue | Under investigation |
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