Total Crime Rate
81.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Athelstane Grove area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bow West , and the 194th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Athelstane Grove (E3 5JG) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower than the Bow West average (132.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Athelstane Grove (E3 5JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rhondda Grove, where police recorded 135 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Libra Road (60 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Lichfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lichfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Anglo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardigan Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cardigan Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lichfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | College Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | College Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tredegar Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Harley Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rhondda Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Anglo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutherland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rhondda Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hewlett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewlett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lombard Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ford Road | — |
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