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Crime Rates in Tower Hamlets, borough

Crime Rate

153

153

High 7/10

* the lower the better

Last updated: 12.11.2025

Annual total crime rate in Tower Hamlets, (borough) is 153 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 37.2 9/10
Violence and sexual offences 36.2 5/10
Other theft 12.5 7/10
Shoplifting 9.38 5/10
Theft from the person 9.05 6/10
Drugs 8.38 8/10
Public order 8.29 6/10
Vehicle crime 8.2 8/10
Burglary 7.37 8/10
Criminal damage and arson 5.99 3/10
Robbery 4.16 8/10
Bicycle theft 3.51 8/10
Other crime 1.67 4/10
Possession of weapons 0.719 4/10

Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 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 Gardens81.4 low
2. Shadwell119 medium
3. Lansbury123 medium
4. St Dunstan's125 medium
5. Blackwall & Cubitt Town126 medium
6. Bromley South126 medium
7. Stepney Green130 medium
8. Mile End131 medium
9. Limehouse135 medium
10. Bow West135 medium
11. Bow East138 medium
12. Poplar153 medium
13. Bromley North155 medium
14. St Katharine's & Wapping156 medium
15. Bethnal Green West170 medium
16. Bethnal Green East173 medium
17. Weavers184 medium
18. Canary Wharf197 medium
19. Whitechapel213 medium
20. Spitalfields & Banglatown315 high

*annual total crimes per 1000 resident population

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Data source: data.police.uk

Oct 2024 - Sept 2025

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