Total Crime Rate

99.0 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 99.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.2 9/10
  • Public order 10.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 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

Lyal Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Bow West , and the 254th 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 Lyal Road (E3 5QG) in the last 12 months was 99.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% lower than the Bow West average (132.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 161.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyal Road (E3 5QG), the main crime hotspot is near Rhondda Grove. Police recorded 135 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lyal Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Rhondda Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tait Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sutherland Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sutherland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sutherland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Arbery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Medway Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Antill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rhondda Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tait Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tait Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Antill Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lanfranc Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Saxon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Road 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Ford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beale Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beale Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Beale Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lanfranc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cherrywood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arbery Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ford Road
Sep 2025Robbery Rhondda Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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