Total Crime Rate
101.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pulteney Close area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bow East , and the 248th 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 Pulteney Close (E3 5LP) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.6% lower than the Bow East average (136.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pulteney Close (E3 5LP), the main crime hotspot is near Libra Road. Police recorded 100 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bow East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vernon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Usher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Libra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Libra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Libra Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Usher Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Usher Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Usher Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Usher Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Usher Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Usher Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tamar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdsfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdsfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chariot Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewart Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ewart Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Ewart Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ewart Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | William Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ewart Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anglo Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cardigan Road | Under investigation |
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