Total Crime Rate

390.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.9 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 390.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 127.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 82.9 9/10
  • Other theft 58.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Burglary 25.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.9 10/10
  • Public order 23.9 10/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Whitechapel High Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 87th highest crime rate of 693 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 7PU) in the last 12 months was 390.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitechapel High Street (E1 7PU), 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 Whitechapel High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/239)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pomell Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brune Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brune Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brune Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brune Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft White'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pomell Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Theft from the person Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Assam Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Assam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Assam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Castle Street —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Braham Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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