Total Crime Rate
103.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Smithy Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 14 local areas in Stepney Green , and the 256th 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 Smithy Street (E1 3HP) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Smithy Street (E1 3HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 118 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Musbury Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Musbury 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Beveridge Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hannibal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hannibal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hannibal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cornwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwood Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Jamaica Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelina Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hayfield Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coopers Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coopers Close | — |
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