Total Crime Rate

26.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 26.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Strahan Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bow West , and the 33rd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Strahan Road (E3 5DA) in the last 12 months was 26.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% lower than the Bow West average (132.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Strahan Road (E3 5DA), the main crime hotspot is near Rhondda Grove. Police recorded 135 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Strahan Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft College Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Lawton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lyal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lyal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rhondda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rhondda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conyer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Terrace —
Sep 2025Drugs Cherrywood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kenilworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morgan Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Arbery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lanfranc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lanfranc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Medway Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rhondda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rhondda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Antill Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lichfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lichfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lichfield Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Alloway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Rhondda Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lombard Place —
Sep 2025Robbery Rhondda Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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