Total Crime Rate
139.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stepney Way area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 347th lowest 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 Stepney Way (E1 3DX) in the last 12 months was 139.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% higher than the St Dunstan's average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stepney Way (E1 3DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clearbrook Way, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mile End Road (28 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 | Exmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mile End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Diggon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Diggon Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Senrab Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hannibal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mile End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morecambe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mile End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mile End Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mile End Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mile End Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mile End Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mile End Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepney Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Morecambe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Ewhurst Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hannibal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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