Total Crime Rate

216.2 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 216.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 72.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Drugs 36.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 12.0 9/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • 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

White Horse Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 218th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around White Horse Lane (E1 3NR) in the last 12 months was 216.2 per 1,000 residents and was 111.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 281.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around White Horse Lane (E1 3NR), 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 Duckett Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery 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 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beaumont Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernest Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ernest Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernest Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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