Total Crime Rate
150.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shadwell Gardens area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 321st highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shadwell Gardens (E1 2QQ) in the last 12 months was 150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% higher than the Limehouse average (122.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 81.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shadwell Gardens (E1 2QQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sidney Street, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Commercial Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shadwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cable Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sidney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deancross Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shadwell Gardens | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Public order | Sidney Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Deancross Street | Under investigation |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morris Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunch Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunch Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Deancross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bromehead Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dunch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cornwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martineau Street | Under investigation |
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