Total Crime Rate

186.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 186.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 54.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wellington 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.

Crime Over Time in Wellington Row area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hackney Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Squirries Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Voss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Voss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Voss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillet Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillet Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ropley Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ion Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Derbyshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tillet Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Elwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Florida Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Buckfast Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Elwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Florida Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Florida Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ropley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ropley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Satchwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Satchwell Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Satchwell Road
Sep 2025Drugs Florida Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Florida Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horatio Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ropley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Squirries Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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