Total Crime Rate

561.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 561.9 10/10
  • Drugs 180.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 104.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 86.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Other theft 44.6 10/10
  • Public order 19.8 9/10
  • Robbery 14.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.9 9/10
  • Burglary 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 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

Chisenhale 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 Chisenhale Road (E3 5QY) 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 Chisenhale Road (E3 5QY), the main crime hotspot is near Old Ford Road. Police recorded 181 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chisenhale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Old Ford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kenilworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lombard Place
Sep 2025Public order Old Ford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lanfranc Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peach Walk Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Peach Walk Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Medway Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bunsen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order B119 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chisenhale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chisenhale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chisenhale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chisenhale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Ford Road
Sep 2025Robbery Old Ford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hewlett Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hewlett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Ford Road
Sep 2025Other theft Old Ford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arbery Road
Sep 2025Public order Ford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Daling Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conyer Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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