Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.4 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Stephens Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 292nd lowest crime rate of 693 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 St Stephens Road (E3 5JS) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.5% lower than the Bow East average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (β‰ˆ 63.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Stephens Road (E3 5JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ewart Place, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daling Way (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Stephens Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rosebank Gardens β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sutherland Road β€”
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ewart Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ewart Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ewart Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ewart Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ewart Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ewart Place β€”
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mccullum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Sutherland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Sutherland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sutherland Road β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Avenue β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Ewart Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Avenue β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mccullum Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mccullum Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting William Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order William Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft William Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Beale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ewart Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ewart Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hornbeam Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Saxon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Dane Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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