Total Crime Rate
16.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Ford Road area has the lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 12th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Old Ford Road (E3 5PS) in the last 12 months was 16.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.8% lower than the Bow East average (135.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Old Ford Road (E3 5PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Ford Road, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mccullum Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Ford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mc Cullum Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sycamore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunmakers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lombard Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Armagh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sutherland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wright'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunmakers Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewlett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ranwell Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hewlett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Centurion Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterside Close | — |
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