Total Crime Rate

98.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 98.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Drugs 24.0 10/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wrights Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 252nd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wrights Road (E3 5LG) in the last 12 months was 98.8 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrights Road (E3 5LG), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wrights Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Roman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Roman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ford Road
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Libra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra 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 2025Other theft Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Libra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lombard Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Usher Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Usher Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saxon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hewison Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Balmer Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Balmer Road
Sep 2025Other theft Libra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Libra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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