Total Crime Rate
228.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pomell Way area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 213th 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 Pomell Way (E1 7NX) in the last 12 months was 228.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 90.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pomell Way (E1 7NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Somerset Street, where police recorded 182 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plough Street (54 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 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenter Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Botolph Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Toynbee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Toynbee Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chicksand Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tenter Ground | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lolesworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Clare Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Clare Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Clare Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Tenter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | White'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Tyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Goulston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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