Total Crime Rate

253.9 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 253.9 10/10
  • Drugs 82.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 31.3 10/10
  • Robbery 19.5 10/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sycamore Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Bow East , and the 172nd 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 Sycamore Avenue (E3 5RZ) in the last 12 months was 253.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 108.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sycamore Avenue (E3 5RZ), the main crime hotspot is near Mccullum Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sycamore Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/46)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Gunmakers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Beale Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Beale Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Marks Gate —
Sep 2025Other crime Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Armagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Armagh Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Ford Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterside Close —
Sep 2025Public order Gunmakers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beale Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gunmakers Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sycamore Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mccullum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mccullum Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hornbeam Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ranwell Close —
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Tait Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beale Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Centurion Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Libra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Jodrell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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