Total Crime Rate

1647.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1647.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 289.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 254.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 235.3 10/10
  • Other theft 171.6 10/10
  • Public order 147.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 117.7 10/10
  • Drugs 93.1 10/10
  • Robbery 88.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.7 10/10
  • Burglary 58.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 44.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 39.2 10/10
  • Other crime 39.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 8/10
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

Whitechapel High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 7th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitechapel High Street (E1 7AP) in the last 12 months was 1647.1 per 1,000 residents and was 391.5% higher 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 529.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitechapel High Street (E1 7AP), the main crime hotspot is near Little Somerset Street. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Whitechapel High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/201)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Buckle Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopetown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alie Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Buckle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Buckle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heneage Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Osborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Osborn Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborn Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborn Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 201

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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