Total Crime Rate
454.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wrights Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 65th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wrights Road (E3 5LF) in the last 12 months was 454.4 per 1,000 residents and was 236.4% higher than the Bow East average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 109.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 97 (≈ 205.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 165.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wrights Road (E3 5LF), the main crime hotspot is near Libra Road. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Libra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutherland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anglo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Anglo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Anglo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Usher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutherland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hewison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cardigan Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hewison Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hewison Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ewart Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Roman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Roman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tait Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tait Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cardigan Road | Under investigation |
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