Total Crime Rate

50.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 50.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.2 2/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Trafalgar Gardens area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 100th lowest crime rate of 710 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 Trafalgar Gardens (E1 3FW) in the last 12 months was 50.1 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% lower than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trafalgar Gardens (E1 3FW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ernest Street, where police recorded 122 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Trafalgar Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ernest Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaumont Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernest Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Square —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rectory Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morecambe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Master'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ocean Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ocean Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Waley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Harford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morecambe Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Formal action is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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