Total Crime Rate
55.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashfield Street area has the lowest crime rate of 14 local areas in Stepney Green , and the 96th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashfield Street (E1 3DD) in the last 12 months was 55.7 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower than the Stepney Green average (86.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashfield Street (E1 3DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raven Row, where police recorded 113 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 Stepney Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sidney Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Damien Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Damien Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smithy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepney Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jamaica Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Damien Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aylward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Halcrow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cavell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cavell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stepney Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Damien Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jubilee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sidney Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sidney Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sidney Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelina Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelina Grove | Under investigation |
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