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Crime Rates in Tower Hamlets, borough

Crime Rate

152

152

High 7/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 10.12.2025

Annual total crime rate in Tower Hamlets, (borough) is 152 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 7 out of 10 or high crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in Tower Hamlets (borough) by type

Anti-social behaviour 36.7 9/10
Violence and sexual offences 36.6 5/10
Other theft 12.6 6/10
Shoplifting 9.6 5/10
Theft from the person 8.78 7/10
Drugs 8.44 8/10
Public order 8.34 6/10
Vehicle crime 8.04 7/10
Burglary 7.41 8/10
Criminal damage and arson 5.99 3/10
Robbery 4.12 8/10
Bicycle theft 3.46 8/10
Other crime 1.64 3/10
Possession of weapons 0.732 4/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Above are annual crime rates in Tower Hamlets (borough) by crime type.

The figures in black represent the number of crimes of a certain type per thousand resident population in Tower Hamlets (borough).

The figures in grey indicate the relative ratings of Tower Hamlets (borough) for a specific crime type compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

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Historical crime rates in Tower Hamlets (borough) and London (region)

Number of annual crimes per 1000 resident population
  • Tower Hamlets
    borough
  • London
    region

Data source: data.police.uk

Crime rate ratings in Tower Hamlets (borough)

Higher ratings correspond to higher crime rates.

Horizontal: area ratings based on annual total crime rate per 1000 resident population.

Vertical: number of areas

Data source: data.police.uk

Annual total crime rates of wards within Tower Hamlets (borough)

Ward nameCrime Rate
1. Island Gardens81.3 low
2. Shadwell121 medium
3. Lansbury125 medium
4. St Dunstan's125 medium
5. Bromley South126 medium
6. Blackwall & Cubitt Town128 medium
7. Stepney Green131 medium
8. Mile End132 medium
9. Bow West133 medium
10. Limehouse135 medium
11. Bow East138 medium
12. Bromley North155 medium
13. St Katharine's & Wapping157 medium
14. Poplar158 medium
15. Bethnal Green West168 medium
16. Bethnal Green East170 medium
17. Weavers181 medium
18. Canary Wharf199 medium
19. Whitechapel214 medium
20. Spitalfields & Banglatown303 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

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