Total Crime Rate

1679.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

390.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1679.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 602.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 390.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 220.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 177.6 10/10
  • Drugs 127.4 10/10
  • Public order 119.7 10/10
  • Other theft 104.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 96.5 10/10
  • Robbery 88.8 10/10
  • Burglary 42.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.2 10/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fieldgate Street area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 7th highest crime rate of 709 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 Fieldgate Street (E1 1JU) in the last 12 months was 1679.5 per 1,000 residents and was 903.1% higher than the Whitechapel average (167.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 156 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 102.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 390.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fieldgate Street (E1 1JU), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 279 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fieldgate Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/218)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Other theft Goodman'S Stile Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Vine Court Under investigation
Oct 2025Other crime Plumbers Row Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Oct 2025Other theft Fieldgate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Public order Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Public order Vine Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Vine Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Romford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Romford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Bicycle theft New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Public order New Road Under investigation
Oct 2025Burglary Mount Terrace Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Mount Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Terrace Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Terrace Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Chicksand Street Local resolution
Oct 2025Theft from the person Chicksand Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Chicksand Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbers Row Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbers Row Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Spelman Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Myrdle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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