Total Crime Rate
208.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Johnson Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Shadwell , and the 234th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Johnson Street (E1 0BE) in the last 12 months was 208.2 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% higher than the Shadwell average (135.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Johnson Street (E1 0BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clearbrook Way, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jubilee Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shadwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Twine Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clearbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clearbrook Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ronald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Arbour Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel'S Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hardinge Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Exmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Exmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Exmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martineau Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martineau Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Havering Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Arbour Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oyster Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cornwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aylward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwood Drive | — |
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