Crime Rate in Mile End, ward

Mile End has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 1137th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 234th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mile End in the last 12 months was 118.1 per 1,000 residents and was 20.2% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mile End’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 749 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 18 cases , up 20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 56.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 990 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mile End ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.