East London crime stats

April 2024

The overall crime rate in East London postcode area is 141 crimes per 1,000. Most crimes, 33.4k crimes were violent crimes which is 23.1% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 92% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 34.3% over the last twelve months.East London crime statistics
Crime categoryShare of all crimesRanking (95 postcode areas)% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
Violent crime →23.1%34. lowest92%33.4k-1.5%
Antisocial behaviour crime →22.1%5. highest197%32.0k-14.5%
Other theft crime →10.7%7. highest189%15.5k6.5%
Vehicle crime →8.6%7. highest195%12.4k-15.3%
Theft from the person crime →6.6%5. highest477%9.6k28.9%
Public order crime →5.4%43. highest98%7.8k1.5%
Burglary crime →4.8%10. highest159%7.0k5.4%
Criminal damage and arson crime →4.7%18. lowest83%6.7k-3.5%
Shoplifting crime →4.0%21. lowest79%5.8k34.3%
Drugs crime →3.6%2. highest184%5.2k-15.1%
Robbery crime →3.0%5. highest335%4.3k15.4%
Bicycle theft crime →2.1%2. highest263%3.0k-1.5%
Other crime →0.8%15. lowest62%1.2k-12.3%
Possession of weapons crime →0.5%28. lowest73%686-5.0%
Crime categoryShare of all crimesCrime rate ranking% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
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The category of "theft from the person crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Theft from the person crime" rate is at 477% of national crime rate which puts East London on 5. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Theft from the person crime" makes up 6.6% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "theft from the person crime" is 9.6k cases and has increased by 28.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2023 - February 2024.

East London crime rate comparison map

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East London crime rate comparison map

East London crime rate by crime statistic

This graph compares crime rate in East London postcode area to the national crime rate for each crime statistic.

East London crime rate by crime statistic

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