Total Crime Rate
28.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Zealand Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bow West , and the 20th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Zealand Road (E3 5RB) in the last 12 months was 28.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.1% lower than the Bow West average (134.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Zealand Road (E3 5RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Ford Road, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Daling Way (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bow West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Daling Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Lyal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Driffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Driffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Driffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hewlett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haverfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Ford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Arbery Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haverfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Medway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strahan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bunsen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strahan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medhurst Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Old Ford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daling Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Old Ford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Norman Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strahan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Ford Road | — |
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