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Tower Hamlets, London

🟢 Official crime data · Police-recorded crime, data.police.uk · May–July 2026 Methodology →

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Relative rank 11 among boroughs currently covered. Based on official Metropolitan Police data, averaged over 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07).

Real administrative boundary — Office for National Statistics 2021 boundaries, not an approximate circle.

Recorded incidents (total across 3 months, 2026-05–2026-07)
CategoryCount
Violent crime3432
Anti social behaviour3248
Shoplifting1344
Other theft1010
Theft from the person799
Public order724
Vehicle crime651
Drugs583
Burglary571
Robbery374
Bicycle theft338
Other crime123
Possession of weapons73
Criminal damage arson34

13304 incidents total over 3 months — averages 4434.7/month, which is what the day/night scores below are based on.

Data completeness: full months, real administrative boundary — 13304 recorded incidents total across 3 months (2026-05–2026-07), queried against Tower Hamlets's actual ONS 2021 polygon outline (the same shape shown on the map above), not an approximate circle. This is the complete monthly response from the UK Police API for each month in that window. Day score: 2.1707 weighted incidents/1,000 people, averaged over the last 3 months (86% of the 33-area average). Night score: 10.5872 weighted incidents/1,000 people, same window (84% of the 33-area average). Both are normalised by an estimated workday/footfall population of 488,289 rather than the 2021 resident population of 310,300, so central boroughs with heavy commuter and visitor footfall aren't overstated as riskier simply for having fewer official residents. The footfall estimate is derived from the ONS's 2011 Census workday-population release — the most recent one published — applied to Tower Hamlets's current resident population, and it is therefore an approximation of today's footfall, not a measurement of it. Rated against the average of the 33 areas currently on the automated pipeline — 32 boroughs and the City of London.
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Frequently asked questions

Is Tower Hamlets safe?

Based on real, current UK Police data, Wandroz rates Tower Hamlets as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in London during the day and roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in London at night, relative to the other London boroughs currently on the automated pipeline. The rating comes from 13304 recorded incidents over 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07), split into a day-weighted score (property crime) and a night-weighted score (violence, robbery, antisocial behaviour).

Is Tower Hamlets safe at night?

Tower Hamlets's night score is roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in London, based on the categories most relevant after dark (violence, robbery, street theft, public order, antisocial behaviour), normalised by an estimated workday/footfall population rather than plain residents where that data exists, so busy central boroughs aren't overstated as riskier just for having fewer official residents.

What official data is Tower Hamlets's rating based on?

13304 recorded incidents from data.police.uk (the UK Police's official open crime API), queried against Tower Hamlets's real administrative boundary and covering 3 months (2026-05 to 2026-07) — recomputed from the source data whenever the Met publishes new months, not a one-off snapshot. Full category breakdown is shown further down this page.

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