Total Crime Rate
88.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Foundry Place area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 14 local areas in Stepney Green , and the 199th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Foundry Place (E1 3BY) in the last 12 months was 88.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% higher than the Stepney Green average (86.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Foundry Place (E1 3BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wickham Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Stepney Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lamplighter Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jubilee Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyllen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyllen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sidney Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolsey Street | Under investigation |
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