Crime Rates at Whitechapel Road, London, E1 6TY

Whitechapel Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 220th lowest 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 Whitechapel Road (E1 6TY) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -87.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitechapel Road (E1 6TY), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.