Total Crime Rate

285.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 285.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 99.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 82.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 52.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Burglary 13.0 9/10
  • Other theft 13.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.7 9/10
  • Robbery 8.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Market Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 152nd 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 Old Market Square (E2 7PQ) in the last 12 months was 285.7 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% higher 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ).

In the area around Old Market Square (E2 7PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Columbia Road, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Market Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/116)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shacklewell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Dawson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Dawson Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Gorsuch Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gorsuch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ravenscroft Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabtree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hassard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Nazrul Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Austin Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Austin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cremer Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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