Total Crime Rate
119.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hayfield Passage area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 331st 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 Hayfield Passage (E1 3LQ) in the last 12 months was 119.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hayfield Passage (E1 3LQ), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Dunstan's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smithy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smithy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mile End Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theven Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boyton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cephas Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nicholas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cephas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cephas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepney Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redmans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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