Total Crime Rate
802.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
347.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alie Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 23rd 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 Alie Street (E1 8EB) in the last 12 months was 802.8 per 1,000 residents and was 409.5% higher than the Whitechapel average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 347.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alie Street (E1 8EB), 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.
View Crime In Whitechapel| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nathaniel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wentworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Goodman'S Stile | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goodman'S Stile | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goodman'S Stile | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whitechapel High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitechapel High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Portsoken Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Little Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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