Total Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tower Hamlets Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Forest Gate North , and the 364th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tower Hamlets Road (E7 9DD) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 533.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (β 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Hamlets Road (E7 9DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Earlham Grove, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forest Lane (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Forest Gate North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | 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 | Bicycle theft | Huddlestone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Magpie Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Magpie Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Forest Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Lane | β |
| 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 | Other theft | Shelduck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shelduck Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wooder Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Earlham Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Earlham Grove | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Macdonald Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clare Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Macdonald Road | β |
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