Total Crime Rate
381.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grove Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bow West , and the 89th highest 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 Grove Road (E3 5AX) in the last 12 months was 381.7 per 1,000 residents and was 189.0% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 141.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grove Road (E3 5AX), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tredegar Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Antill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Antill Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Mile End | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mile End | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lyal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rhondda Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rhondda Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mile End Road | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Antill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eric Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tony Cannell Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Eric Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cherrywood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eric Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wentworth Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wentworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wentworth Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Wentworth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alloway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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