Total Crime Rate

674.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 674.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 172.8 10/10
  • Other theft 121.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 119.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 68.7 10/10
  • Public order 44.3 10/10
  • Burglary 31.0 10/10
  • Drugs 31.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Robbery 17.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.0 9/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Aldgate High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Aldersgate , and the 10th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in City of London .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Aldgate High Street (EC3N 1AL) in the last 12 months was 674.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1799.8% higher than the Aldersgate average (35.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 156 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -71.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 166 (≈ 183.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Aldgate High Street (EC3N 1AL), the main crime hotspot is near Little Somerset Street. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Aldgate High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/158)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Plough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pomell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tyne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Tyne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tyne Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Pomell Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pomell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pomell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pomell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wentworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lolesworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 158

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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