Total Crime Rate
1633.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Adler Street 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 Adler Street (E1 1HD) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Adler Street (E1 1HD), 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.
View Crime In Whitechapel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monthope Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Christian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Settles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Settles Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alie Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Casson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Settles Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Settles Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Settles Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| 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 | Robbery | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Church Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
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