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Crime Rates in Tower Hamlets, borough

Crime Rate

106

Average 6/10

Last updated: 02.04.2025

Annual total crime rate in Tower Hamlets, (borough) is 106 crimes per thousand resident population. This can be rated as 6 out of 10 or medium crime level compared to other boroughs/local authority districts in England and Wales.

Crime rates in Tower Hamlets (borough) by type

Anti-social behaviour 25.7 7/10

Violence and sexual offences 24.8 3/10

Other theft 8.73 7/10

Theft from the person 8.06 6/10

Vehicle crime 6.66 7/10

Burglary 5.78 7/10

Public order 5.75 4/10

Shoplifting 5.23 3/10

Drugs 4.89 7/10

Criminal damage and arson 3.6 1/10

Robbery 3.19 7/10

Bicycle theft 2.45 8/10

Other crime 1.06 2/10

Possession of weapons 0.451 2/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Mar 2024 - Feb 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 crimes per 1000 resident population

Tower Hamlets
borough
London
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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 name	Crime Rate
1. Island Gardens	50.3 low
2. Bromley South	82.4 low
3. Limehouse	84.9 low
4. Blackwall & Cubitt Town	85.3 low
5. Stepney Green	86.2 low
6. Lansbury	86.5 low
7. St Dunstan's	86.5 low
8. St Katharine's & Wapping	91 low
9. Shadwell	91.1 low
10. Mile End	95.2 low
11. Bow East	95.9 low
12. Poplar	99.4 low
13. Bow West	103 low
14. Bromley North	108 low
15. Bethnal Green West	117 medium
16. Bethnal Green East	124 medium
17. Weavers	137 medium
18. Canary Wharf	138 medium
19. Whitechapel	142 medium
20. Spitalfields & Banglatown	233 medium

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Mar 2024 - Feb 2025

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