Total Crime Rate
593.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Whites Row area has the 15th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 41st highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Whites Row (E1 7NF) in the last 12 months was 593.6 per 1,000 residents and was 99.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 134 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Whites Row (E1 7NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aldgate East (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sandy'S Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strype Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strype Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Artillery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandy'S Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandy'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wentworth Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Widegate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Widegate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jerome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
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