Total Crime Rate

292.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

92.3 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 292.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 92.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 69.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.9 9/10
  • Other theft 38.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 35.4 10/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Robbery 13.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Alie Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 146th 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 Alie Street (E1 8DE) in the last 12 months was 292.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% higher than the Whitechapel average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 92.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alie Street (E1 8DE), 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 Alie Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/220)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Goodman'S Stile Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nathaniel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Minories Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Minories Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pomell Way —
Apr 2026Drugs Pomell Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Pomell Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Minories Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences India 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 2026Bicycle theft Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Little Somerset Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Castle Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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