Total Crime Rate
143.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tomlinson Close area has the 9th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 335th highest crime rate of 693 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 Tomlinson Close (E2 7LJ) in the last 12 months was 143.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% lower than the Weavers average (152.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 46.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tomlinson Close (E2 7LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sclater Street, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weavers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grimsby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godfrey Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goldman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diss Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cygnet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godfrey Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Row | Under investigation |
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