Total Crime Rate
28.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Conant Mews area has the lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitechapel , and the 21st lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Conant Mews (E1 8RZ) in the last 12 months was 28.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% lower than the Whitechapel average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Conant Mews (E1 8RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Virginia Street, where police recorded 132 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 | Anti-social behaviour | White Church Lane | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ellen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Christian Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stutfield Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stutfield Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batty Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batty Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batty Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batty Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batty Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Batty Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Philchurch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Manningtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Philchurch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairclough Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairclough Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fletcher Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Forbes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Forbes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forbes Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forbes Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boyd Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyd Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conant Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Back Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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