Total Crime Rate

155.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 155.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Drugs 24.2 10/10
  • Other theft 19.4 9/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Robbery 4.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 4.8 4/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Louisa Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Dunstan's , and the 304th highest crime rate of 710 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 Louisa Street (E1 4NF) in the last 12 months was 155.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Louisa Street (E1 4NF), 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 Louisa Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Beaumont Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Drugs Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green
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 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 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 2025Burglary Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morecambe Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mile End Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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