Total Crime Rate

154.7 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 154.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Other theft 26.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Aylward Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 306th highest crime rate of 710 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 Aylward Street (E1 0QW) in the last 12 months was 154.7 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% higher than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (β‰ˆ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.3% 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 Sports/Recreation Area (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Aylward Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stepney Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jamaica Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Arbour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Arbour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Commercial Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arbour Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summercourt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summercourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ewhurst Close β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Jamaica Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Jamaica Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Arbour Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Arbour Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stepney Causeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Antill Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Senrab Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitsea Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pitsea Street β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lipton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Head Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bower Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Arbour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walter Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Havering Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clearbrook Way β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clearbrook Way β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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