Total Crime Rate
195.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Settles Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 245th highest crime rate of 693 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 Settles Street (E1 1JP) in the last 12 months was 195.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% higher than the Whitechapel average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Settles Street (E1 1JP), 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.
View Crime In Whitechapel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gower'S Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Adler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Adler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropewalk Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mulberry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parfett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fulbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
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