Total Crime Rate
591.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
291.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deancross Street area has the highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Shadwell , and the 42nd highest crime rate of 693 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 Deancross Street (E1 2QA) in the last 12 months was 591.8 per 1,000 residents and was 338.5% higher than the Shadwell average (135.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 143 (≈ 291.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deancross Street (E1 2QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anthony Street, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jubilee Street (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shadwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jubilee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Morton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bromehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bromehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bromehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deancross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deancross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deancross Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shadwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shadwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shadwell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shadwell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tarling Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shadwell | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Street | Under investigation |
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