Total Crime Rate

215.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 215.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 52.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Drugs 34.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.0 10/10
  • Other theft 30.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.1 10/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

East Arbour Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 229th highest crime rate of 693 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 East Arbour Street (E1 0PU) in the last 12 months was 215.1 per 1,000 residents and was 104.4% higher than the St Dunstan's average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Arbour Street (E1 0PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clearbrook Way, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wickham Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in East Arbour Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Exmouth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Old Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Old Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stepney Way
Apr 2026Burglary Jamaica Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jamaica Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jamaica Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aylward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aylward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wellesley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chudleigh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Senrab Street
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Arbour Street
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wellesley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wellesley Street
Apr 2026Robbery Ewhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seagrave Close
Apr 2026Theft from the person West Arbour Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Arbour Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dunelm Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Diggon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green
Apr 2026Drugs Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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