Total Crime Rate

228.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 228.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.6 10/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 17.6 6/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Other 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

Pomell 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pomell Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tenter Ground Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Botolph Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Botolph Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Botolph Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Botolph Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Botolph Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Botolph Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Botolph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Botolph Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Toynbee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Toynbee Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chicksand Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tenter Ground Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Church Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close
Apr 2026Public order St Clare Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Clare Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order St Clare Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Church Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White Church Lane
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour White Church Lane
Apr 2026Other theft West Tenter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft White'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goulston Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goulston Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Goulston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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