Total Crime Rate
186.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellington Row area has the 8th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 260th 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 Wellington Row (E2 7BN) in the last 12 months was 186.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% higher than the Weavers average (158.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Row (E2 7BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Columbia Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bethnal Green Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Squirries Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ropley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Derbyshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tillet Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Florida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Buckfast Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Florida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Florida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ropley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Florida Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Florida Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squirries Street | Under investigation |
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