Total Crime Rate
324.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stepney Causeway area has the 4th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 120th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stepney Causeway (E1 0JW) in the last 12 months was 324.2 per 1,000 residents and was 177.0% higher than the Limehouse average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 2550.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 96.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stepney Causeway (E1 0JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ratcliffe Cross Street, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boulcott Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lipton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ratcliffe Cross Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Warren Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitsea Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitsea Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Head Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elf Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bower Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bower Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boulcott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Boulcott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boulcott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Boulcott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Senrab Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ratcliffe Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avis Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glasshouse Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avis Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avis Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bere Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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