Total Crime Rate
319.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wheler Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 125th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wheler Street (E1 6NR) in the last 12 months was 319.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wheler Street (E1 6NR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 273 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tenter Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brune Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Folgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Folgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brune Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brune Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenter Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brushfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Artillery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheeler Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheeler Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheeler Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Steward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camlet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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