Total Crime Rate
100.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026White Horse Lane area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 243rd lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around White Horse Lane (E1 4LR) in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.4% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 35.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around White Horse Lane (E1 4LR), 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.
View Crime In St Dunstan's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frimley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frimley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beaumont Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alderney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boyton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ocean Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A11 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Master'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Master'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eastbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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