Total Crime Rate

224.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 224.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 27.7 10/10
  • Other theft 20.2 10/10
  • Public order 12.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Robbery 10.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 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

Fordham Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 208th 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 Fordham Street (E1 1HS) in the last 12 months was 224.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% higher than the Whitechapel average (166.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 98.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fordham Street (E1 1HS), 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 Fordham Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Drugs Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumbers Row
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumbers Row
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Weyhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Greenfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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