Total Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Other theft 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 1.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.7 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Fieldgate Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 242nd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fieldgate Street (E1 1GW) in the last 12 months was 95.2 per 1,000 residents and was 42.8% lower than the Whitechapel average (166.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fieldgate Street (E1 1GW), 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 Fieldgate Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burslem Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Adler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Adler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adler Street
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Burslem Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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