Total Crime Rate

181.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 181.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 69.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.6 9/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.2 3/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wentworth Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 265th highest crime rate of 710 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 Wentworth Street (E1 7TB) in the last 12 months was 181.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.8% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wentworth Street (E1 7TB), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Avenue. Police recorded 250 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Wentworth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Pomell Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Puma Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fournier Street
Sep 2025Other theft Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wilkes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Steward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Steward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sandy'S Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sandy'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Artillery Lane
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strype Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandy'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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