Total Crime Rate
115.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rosebank Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ewart Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ewart Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ewart Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ewart Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ewart Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ewart Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mccullum Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ewart Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mccullum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mccullum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | William Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | William Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ewart Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ewart Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hornbeam Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dane Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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