Total Crime Rate

28.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 28.1 3/10
  • Violent crimes 12.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Zealand 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.

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Crime Over Time in Zealand Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Daling Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Lyal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lyal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Driffield Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Driffield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Driffield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Grove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hewlett Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Haverfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Ford Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Arbery Road
Apr 2026Other theft Haverfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Medway Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Strahan Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Bunsen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strahan Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Medhurst Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Old Ford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Daling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Old Ford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Norman Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Strahan Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Ford Road

Data Sources

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