Total Crime Rate
95.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lichfield Road 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 Lichfield Road (E3 5AT) 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 Lichfield Road (E3 5AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhondda Grove, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (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 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dane Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rhondda Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arbery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tony Cannell Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Norman Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viking Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lyal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Viking Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tony Cannell Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wentworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wentworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wentworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wentworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Wentworth Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medhurst Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strahan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strahan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Medway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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