Crime Rate in Mile End, ward

Mile End has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 1231st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 238th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mile End in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mile End’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 831 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 15 cases , down -6.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 43.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -43.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 880 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mile End ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.