Crime Rates at Prescot Street, London, E1 8PR

Prescot Street area has the 10th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 176th 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 Prescot Street (E1 8PR) in the last 12 months was 254.1 per 1,000 residents and was 61.2% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Prescot Street (E1 8PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 112 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.