Total Crime Rate

165.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 165.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Myrdle Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 289th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Myrdle Street (E1 1HL) in the last 12 months was 165.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (β‰ˆ 50.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 126.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Myrdle Street (E1 1HL), 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 Myrdle Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christian Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ponler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Moss Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moss Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Weyhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumbers Row β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumbers Row β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hessel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hessel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairclough Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairclough Street β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Fairclough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Fairclough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Romford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Romford Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenfield Road β€”

Data Sources

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