Total Crime Rate

260.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

107.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 260.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 107.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.5 9/10
  • Public order 36.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Drugs 27.6 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 21.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.4 10/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 170th highest crime rate of 693 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 New Road (E1 1HH) in the last 12 months was 260.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% higher than the Whitechapel average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 107.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (E1 1HH), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 371 crimes here, including 228 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/173)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parfett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ropewalk Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Whitechapel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Whitechapel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Newark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Newark Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newark Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newark Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Newark Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vine Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Durward Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christian Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Philpot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Philpot Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wodeham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wodeham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wodeham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wodeham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wodeham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lomas Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lomas Street —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Whitechapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Whitechapel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Whitechapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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