Crime Rates at Ellen Street, London, E1 1PE

Ellen Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 267th lowest 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 Ellen Street (E1 1PE) in the last 12 months was 108.1 per 1,000 residents and was 31.4% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -26.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ellen Street (E1 1PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Adler Street, where police recorded 141 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gower'S Walk (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.