Total Crime Rate
141.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tower Hamlets Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 262nd highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Hamlets Road (E7 9BZ) in the last 12 months was 141.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% higher than the Forest Gate North average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Hamlets Road (E7 9BZ), the main crime hotspot is near Clova Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Forest Gate North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clova Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinglet Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wooder Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Odessa Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Magpie Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Magpie Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinglet Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinglet Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kinglet Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clare Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Atherton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Atherton Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Atherton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Atherton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clova Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackwater Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwater Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cemetery Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shelduck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earlham Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clova Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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