Total Crime Rate

372.0 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 372.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 132.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Other theft 47.9 10/10
  • Burglary 27.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 20.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • 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

Wentworth Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 97th 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 Wentworth Street (E1 7BB) in the last 12 months was 372.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wentworth Street (E1 7BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 211 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Somerset Street (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Wentworth Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/219)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Monthope Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chicksand Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chicksand Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Chicksand Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chicksand Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fournier Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wilkes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Toynbee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Goulston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lolesworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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