Total Crime Rate

86.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 23.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burslem Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 192nd 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 Burslem Street (E1 2LN) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burslem Street (E1 2LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anthony Street, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fieldgate Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burslem Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/110)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Breezer'S Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Richard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Greenfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anthony Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anthony Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Walburgh Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Richard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Richard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tait Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tait Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barnett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Barnett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rampart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rampart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rampart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rampart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rampart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cannon Street Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cannon Street Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kinder Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Anthony Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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