Crime in E3: Bow, London
data.police.uk recorded 1,451 street-level crimes at the representative point for E3 (Bow, London) in Aug 2026. The most common category was anti-social behaviour (347 reports, 23.9% of the total). The monthly total fell versus the month before. That is roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area.
Bow and Mile End, a dense inner-east London district in Tower Hamlets.
Crime by category in E3
Every street-level crime recorded near the E3 representative point in Aug 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 347 | 23.9% |
| Violence and sexual offences | 334 | 23% |
| Shoplifting | 206 | 14.2% |
| Burglary | 79 | 5.4% |
| Other theft | 78 | 5.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 77 | 5.3% |
| Public order | 75 | 5.2% |
| Theft from the person | 72 | 5% |
| Drugs | 55 | 3.8% |
| Bicycle theft | 48 | 3.3% |
| Robbery | 48 | 3.3% |
| Other crime | 19 | 1.3% |
| Possession of weapons | 10 | 0.7% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 | 0.2% |
1,451 crimes recorded in Aug 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the E3 centroid, not a single street or property.
E3 crime trend: last 6 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the E3 representative point. The recent monthly average is 1,338 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is E3?
In Aug 2026, E3 was roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture — not in isolation.
1,451 recorded crimes · Aug 2026 · anti-social behaviour most common
See the crime mapped to one E3 address
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in E3?
data.police.uk recorded 1,451 street-level crimes in E3 (Bow, London) in Aug 2026, against a recent monthly average of 1,338 over the last 6 months. The largest single category was anti-social behaviour, at 23.9% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in E3?
In Aug 2026 the most common recorded categories in E3 were anti-social behaviour (347), violence and sexual offences (334), shoplifting (206). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is E3 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 6 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for E3 fell most recently and averaged 1,338 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for E3?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened — never the exact address — so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
East London around Whitechapel and the City fringe, a dense nightlife and residential district.
Hackney and London Fields, a dense inner-east London district with busy nightlife.
Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs, a high-density financial and residential district.
Walthamstow, a busy outer-east residential and market district.
Canning Town and the Royal Docks, a fast-regenerating east London district on the Thames.
Clapton, a dense inner-east London residential district in Hackney.
Sources
- Street-level crime data — data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding — postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.