Crime Rate in Shadwell, ward

Shadwell has the 10th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 837th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 182nd highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Shadwell in the last 12 months was 133.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Shadwell’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 564 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 12 cases , up 9.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 19.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -20.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 757 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Shadwell ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Limehouse, with 100 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Commercial Road (43 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.