Total Crime Rate
561.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Driffield Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bow West , and the 44th 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 Driffield Road (E3 5NH) in the last 12 months was 561.9 per 1,000 residents and was 325.4% higher than the Bow West average (132.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 73 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Driffield Road (E3 5NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Ford Road, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daling Way (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bow West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conyer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chisenhale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hewlett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewlett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Medway Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Old Ford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Ford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chisenhale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chisenhale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chisenhale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lombard Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunmakers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunmakers Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gunmakers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Ford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Daling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bunsen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kenilworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arbery Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Road | — |
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