Total Crime Rate
90.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wimbolt Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 201st lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wimbolt Street (E2 7BX) in the last 12 months was 90.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% lower than the Weavers average (152.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 25.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wimbolt Street (E2 7BX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Weavers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldsmith'S Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shipton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ezra Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ezra Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elwin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yorkton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Yorkton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Yorkton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bath Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ropley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ropley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Buckfast Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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