Total Crime Rate

141.0 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 141.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.2 6/10
  • Drugs 18.2 10/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Tower 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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

Crime Over Time in Tower Hamlets Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clova Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinglet Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clare Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clare Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Public order Wooder Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wellington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Odessa Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Magpie Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Magpie Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinglet Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinglet Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinglet Close β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clare Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Atherton Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Atherton Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Atherton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Atherton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clova Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Forest Lane β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackwater Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackwater Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cemetery Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clare Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dean Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Shelduck Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlham Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clova Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.