Total Crime Rate
190.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wellington Row area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 255th 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 7BQ) in the last 12 months was 190.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (β 71.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 232.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellington Row (E2 7BQ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ramsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Garner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Voss Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Voss Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Voss Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldsmith'S Row | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Goldsmith'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shipton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shipton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Peter'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Close | Under investigation |
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