Total Crime Rate
168.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Musbury Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 281st 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 Musbury Street (E1 0PG) in the last 12 months was 168.3 per 1,000 residents and was 64.3% higher than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (β 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Musbury Street (E1 0PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sidney Street, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Commercial Road (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Commercial Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Exmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Steel'S Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Devonport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clearbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oyster Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stepney Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stepney Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bromehead Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exmouth Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arbour Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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