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E1W 2

4,537 people · median £826,650 · Tower Hamlets

Good for schools
Tower Hamlets Council · Aspire (directly-elected mayor)   33/45 seats · 73% · OCD 2026
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How safe is it? This postcode sector

Crime runs at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

12284460Aug 2025Jul 202648
Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month10.6
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Anti-social behaviour
121
Violence and sexual offences
79
Burglary
51
Shoplifting
29
Other theft
28
Theft from the person
26
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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