Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gascoigne Place area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 253rd lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gascoigne Place (E2 7LY) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gascoigne Place (E2 7LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sclater Street, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hassard Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Weavers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenscroft Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Diss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Diss Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gorsuch Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B122 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ligonier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B122 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
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