Total Crime Rate

165.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

0.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 165.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 46.0 10/10
  • Other theft 29.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Burglary 18.4 10/10
  • Public order 11.8 10/10
  • Drugs 9.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 9.2 10/10
  • Robbery 5.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 9/10
  • Other crime 0.7 2/10
  • Violent crimes 0.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this ward to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview for Aldgate ward

Aldgate has the 11th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in City of London district and the 467th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 112th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Aldgate in the last 12 months was 165.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% lower than the City of London district average (702.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Aldgate’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case .

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were .

In the Aldgate ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Little Somerset Street. Police recorded 182 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.

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