Total Crime Rate

127.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 127.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.4 9/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Drugs 1.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Public order 1.9 1/10
  • Robbery 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Jamaica Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 352nd lowest crime rate of 710 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 Jamaica Street (E1 3HU) in the last 12 months was 127.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% higher than the St Dunstan's average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Jamaica Street (E1 3HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bardsey Place (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Jamaica Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redmans Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cressy Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cressy Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wickham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wickham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wickham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redmans Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Redmans Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Arbour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stayner'S Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stayner'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clearbrook Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clearbrook Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clearbrook Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clearbrook Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Arbour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Arbour Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Jamaica Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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