Total Crime Rate
190.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brayford Square area has the 11th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 254th 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 Brayford Square (E1 0SG) in the last 12 months was 190.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.1% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 97.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brayford Square (E1 0SG), the main crime hotspot is near Jubilee Street. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Stepney Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redcastle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seagrave Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Arbour Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | East Arbour Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunelm Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Commercial Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellesley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnado Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barnado Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Barnado Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellesley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnardo Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smithy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepney Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aylward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
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