Total Crime Rate

2141.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 2141.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 681.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 414.8 10/10
  • Public order 299.0 10/10
  • Other theft 241.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 80.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 74.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 70.7 10/10
  • Robbery 64.3 10/10
  • Drugs 57.9 10/10
  • Burglary 35.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.1 10/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitechapel Road area has the highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 5th 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 Whitechapel Road (E1 1DE) in the last 12 months was 2141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1294.6% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 212 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -56.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 330 (≈ 1061.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 240.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitechapel Road (E1 1DE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 421 crimes here, including 246 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Whitechapel Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/212)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Romford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Romford Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Ropewalk Gardens Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Turner Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ropewalk Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newark Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Newark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newark Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newark Street —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 212

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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