Total Crime Rate
127.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jamaica 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cressy Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cressy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wickham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wickham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redmans Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redmans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stayner'S Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stayner'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clearbrook Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clearbrook Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Arbour Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Jamaica Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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