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Tower Hamlets crime statistics

Published street-level crime across the whole Tower Hamlets local authority, using ONS geography and resident population estimates.

July 202624 months of published records

Area covered: Tower Hamlets local authority (2023 boundary).

Counts cover published, geographically assignable Police.uk street-level records. Anti-social behaviour is shown separately and excluded from crime rates. British Transport Police records are included when published; missing force submissions are identified. Boundary source.

July 20263,377published crimes, excluding ASB
Anti-social behaviour1,111separate records in the same month
Annual territorial crimes per 1,000 residents110.3Excludes ASB and transport police · latest 12 months

Tower Hamlets: what the figures show

Police.uk publishes 3,377 crime records and 1,111 anti-social behaviour records for Tower Hamlets local authority (2023 boundary) in July 2026. Across the latest 12 reporting months, the published territorial-force crime count, excluding British Transport Police, is 36,862.

The resident population used is 334,240, from ONS mid-2025 estimates on the same local-authority geography. Dividing the annual territorial-force crime count (excluding British Transport Police and ASB) by this population gives 110.3 crimes per 1,000 residents. This is a reporting rate, not the probability that a resident will experience crime. Visitors, commuters and nightlife can affect busy areas. Population source.

British Transport Police has missing submissions in this period. Its records are included in the monthly category totals when supplied, but excluded consistently from annual rates and comparisons in both years. The rate covers published territorial-force street-level crimes; it is not an all-crime rate.

Monthly crime trend

24 reporting months, with anti-social behaviour listed separately. A missing month is not shown as a true zero.

View all 24 months and coverage
MonthCrimesASBCoverage
July 20263,3771,111Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 20263,265956Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 20263,3501,171Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 20262,947909Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 20262,976811Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 20262,719660Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 20262,656703Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
December 20253,067693Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
November 20253,116810Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
October 20253,198849Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
September 20253,089877Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
August 20253,1021,141Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
July 20253,3391,306Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
June 20253,1681,186Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
May 20253,0261,057Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
April 20252,918914Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
March 20252,894901Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
February 20252,414665Territorial submission present: missing British Transport Police
January 20252,702751Territorial submission present
December 20242,845772Territorial submission present
November 20243,137934Territorial submission present
October 20243,1551,022Territorial submission present
September 20243,007936Territorial submission present
August 20243,2371,158Territorial submission present

Comparison with the previous year

The latest 12-month published territorial-force crime count changed by +4.1% compared with the preceding 12 months (35,411 → 36,862). Comparisons use crimes excluding ASB and British Transport Police, the same area boundary and 12 months in each period.

Interactive anonymised crime map

Explore the latest month within the outlined boundary. Markers group published approximate locations into small grid cells; they do not identify the exact building or address of an offence.

Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors. Crime data: Police.uk. Records without usable coordinates can appear in authority totals but cannot be plotted. Zoom and select a marker to see its category counts.

Crime categories in July 2026

Published category counts; anti-social behaviour is a separate non-crime category
CategoryRecordsShare
Violence and sexual offences1,17726.2%
Anti-social behaviour1,11124.8%
Shoplifting51711.5%
Other theft3177.1%
Public order2455.5%
Theft from the person2375.3%
Vehicle crime2184.9%
Drugs1914.3%
Burglary1834.1%
Bicycle theft1102.5%
Robbery1062.4%
Other crime420.9%
Possession of weapons180.4%
Criminal damage and arson160.4%

Outcomes recorded for these crimes

The latest outcome attached to crimes reported in July 2026, as supplied in this archive. These are not all decisions made during that month. ASB has no crime outcome; an unrecorded outcome does not prove an investigation has ended.

Latest supplied outcomes for the selected crime cohort, excluding ASB
CategoryRecordsShare
Under investigation1,47243.6%
Investigation complete; no suspect identified1,27037.6%
Unable to prosecute suspect43212.8%
Awaiting court outcome1043.1%
Local resolution752.2%
Offender given penalty notice110.3%
Action to be taken by another organisation90.3%
Offender given a caution20.1%
Formal action is not in the public interest20.1%

Compare nearby local authorities

Nearest area centres, using the same 12-month reporting window and area type. Overlapping neighbourhoods and court areas must not be added together.

AreaAnnual territorial crimesPer 1,000 residents
Hackney31,021116.5
City of London9,603614.4
Newham40,642107.9
Islington31,584140.7
Southwark39,307125.8

Rates reflect published street-level records. British Transport Police and ASB are excluded consistently from annual figures. Differences in visitors, reporting and recording practices still limit comparisons.

Local police and neighbourhood team

Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial force identified for this area’s reference point.

Published neighbourhood: St Dunstan's. A whole local authority may be served by multiple teams.

Published neighbourhood team members (6)
  • Bethany HanlonPolice Constable
  • Ghulam-Nabi RezbiPCSO
  • Khandaker RabbyPCSO
  • Louise SteedenInspector
  • Mohammed RahmanSergeant
  • Ross DaviddiPCSO

Call 999 in an emergency. For non-emergency reporting, use the force’s official website or 101.

Nearby police stations and police locations

Distances are straight-line estimates from the report’s reference point. OpenStreetMap may include operational offices without public counters; confirm visitor access and opening times with the police before travelling.

Station location data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence.

How these statistics are collected

We aggregate the Police.uk monthly bulk archive across submitting forces. Local-authority records are assigned with the ONS 2021 LSOA-to-2023 local-authority lookup, with spatial assignment when an LSOA match is absent. Neighbourhood and court-area counts use the published anonymised coordinates inside the displayed boundary. Non-empty duplicate crime identifiers are removed within each reporting month; anonymous ASB records are retained.

Coordinates are anonymised before publication and grouped again for this map. Unreported incidents, records without a usable location, some offence types and missing force submissions are outside these figures. Whole-area geographic coverage does not mean every crime is included.

Missing submissions during the latest 12 months include: British Transport Police. Read current Police.uk coverage notes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full methodology and population calculation.

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