Total Crime Rate
58.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Swanfield Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 118th lowest crime rate of 710 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 Swanfield Street (E2 7DS) in the last 12 months was 58.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% lower than the Weavers average (158.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Swanfield Street (E2 7DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quaker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boundary Pass | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quaker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnold Circus | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Calvert Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shacklewell Street | Under investigation |
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