Total Crime Rate
1633.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Plumbers Row area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 8th 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 Plumbers Row (E1 1EP) in the last 12 months was 1633.2 per 1,000 residents and was 881.9% higher than the Whitechapel average (166.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -30.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 370.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plumbers Row (E1 1EP), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plumbers Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Plumbers Row | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mulberry Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monthope Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hooper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hooper Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hooper Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hooper Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Old Montague Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Adler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Adler Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Greatorex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gower'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gower'S Walk | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Gower'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gower'S Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chicksand Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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