Total Crime Rate

1529.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

470.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1529.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 470.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 348.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 240.2 10/10
  • Other theft 166.7 10/10
  • Public order 152.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 152.0 10/10
  • Drugs 88.2 10/10
  • Robbery 73.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 68.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 58.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.9 10/10
  • Burglary 53.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 44.1 10/10
  • Other crime 24.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 7/10
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

Gunthorpe Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 7th 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 Gunthorpe Street (E1 7RQ) in the last 12 months was 1529.4 per 1,000 residents and was 413.6% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -52.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 96 (≈ 470.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gunthorpe Street (E1 7RQ), 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 Gunthorpe Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/216)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Whitechapel High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B134 —
Apr 2026Other theft B134 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Gunthorpe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gunthorpe Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gunthorpe Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gunthorpe Street —
Apr 2026Public order Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft West Tenter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pomell Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pomell Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pomell Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chicksand Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Little Somerset Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Little Somerset Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Little Somerset Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spelman Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Spelman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B134 —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Osborn Street Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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