Crime Rate in St Dunstan's, ward

St Dunstan's has the 4th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 1523rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 305th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Dunstan's in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (148.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Dunstan's’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 490 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 10 cases , down -9.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 16.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -13.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 613 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Dunstan's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 325 crimes here, including 228 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.