Total Crime Rate

233.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 233.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 82.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 60.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.2 9/10
  • Other theft 30.1 10/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Public order 15.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

White Horse Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 693 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 233.1 per 1,000 residents and was 121.5% higher than the St Dunstan's average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around White Horse Lane (E1 3NE), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 367 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in White Horse Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shandy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Gardens
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Master'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Master'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ernest Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ernest Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ernest Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ernest Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White Horse Lane
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Duckett Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White Horse Lane
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs White Horse Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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