Total Crime Rate

64.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 64.0 6/10
  • Violent crimes 57.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitechapel Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 131st lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitechapel Road (E1 6TY) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitechapel Road (E1 6TY), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 231 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitechapel Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/193)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chicksand Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spelman Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Spelman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spelman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monthope Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monthope Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monthope Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Theft from the person Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Coke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Casson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitechapel High Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
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Data Sources

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