Total Crime Rate

225.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 225.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.1 9/10
  • Other theft 30.1 10/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Other crime 15.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

White Horse Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 206th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around White Horse Lane (E1 3NE) in the last 12 months was 225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 120.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around White Horse Lane (E1 3NE), 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.

Crime Over Time in White Horse Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ernest Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Duckett Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Beaumont Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A11 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A11 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A11 —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitehorse Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rectory Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Under investigation
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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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