Total Crime Rate
215.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aylward 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 Aylward Street (E1 0QW) 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 Aylward Street (E1 0QW), 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.
View Crime In Stepney Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ronald Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Morecambe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepney Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morecambe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morecambe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morecambe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunelm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Arbour Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Arbour Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seagrave Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellesley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chudleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tinsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chudleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chudleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | West Arbour Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chudleigh Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chudleigh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Senrab Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ewhurst Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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