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Robbery in Tower Hamlets

12 months to June 2026

3.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,310 robbery offences in Tower Hamlets in the 12 months to June 2026, up 1.6% (21) on the previous 12 months. That is 3.9 per 1,000 residents against 1.4 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Robbery
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 334,240

Monthly, December 2010 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: December 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0501001502010201520202025December 2010: 74 offencesJanuary 2011: 110 offencesFebruary 2011: 115 offencesMarch 2011: 124 offencesApril 2011: 103 offencesMay 2011: 146 offencesJune 2011: 109 offencesJuly 2011: 100 offencesAugust 2011: 133 offencesSeptember 2011: 101 offencesOctober 2011: 136 offencesNovember 2011: 96 offencesDecember 2011: 98 offencesJanuary 2012: 103 offencesFebruary 2012: 91 offencesMarch 2012: 124 offencesApril 2012: 103 offencesMay 2012: 111 offencesJune 2012: 109 offencesJuly 2012: 100 offencesAugust 2012: 128 offencesSeptember 2012: 132 offencesOctober 2012: 120 offencesNovember 2012: 128 offencesDecember 2012: 133 offencesJanuary 2013: 116 offencesFebruary 2013: 99 offencesMarch 2013: 108 offencesApril 2013: 102 offencesMay 2013: 110 offencesJune 2013: 108 offencesJuly 2013: 125 offencesAugust 2013: 79 offencesSeptember 2013: 79 offencesOctober 2013: 102 offencesNovember 2013: 127 offencesDecember 2013: 109 offencesJanuary 2014: 80 offencesFebruary 2014: 92 offencesMarch 2014: 92 offencesApril 2014: 64 offencesMay 2014: 101 offencesJune 2014: 69 offencesJuly 2014: 89 offencesAugust 2014: 97 offencesSeptember 2014: 85 offencesOctober 2014: 104 offencesNovember 2014: 112 offencesDecember 2014: 122 offencesJanuary 2015: 95 offencesFebruary 2015: 104 offencesMarch 2015: 82 offencesApril 2015: 66 offencesMay 2015: 108 offencesJune 2015: 89 offencesJuly 2015: 111 offencesAugust 2015: 87 offencesSeptember 2015: 65 offencesOctober 2015: 95 offencesNovember 2015: 101 offencesDecember 2015: 108 offencesJanuary 2016: 96 offencesFebruary 2016: 104 offencesMarch 2016: 76 offencesApril 2016: 90 offencesMay 2016: 100 offencesJune 2016: 106 offencesJuly 2016: 104 offencesAugust 2016: 75 offencesSeptember 2016: 92 offencesOctober 2016: 105 offencesNovember 2016: 114 offencesDecember 2016: 137 offencesJanuary 2017: 115 offencesFebruary 2017: 94 offencesMarch 2017: 144 offencesApril 2017: 108 offencesMay 2017: 124 offencesJune 2017: 114 offencesJuly 2017: 160 offencesAugust 2017: 119 offencesSeptember 2017: 112 offencesOctober 2017: 120 offencesNovember 2017: 126 offencesDecember 2017: 136 offencesJanuary 2018: 174 offencesFebruary 2018: 98 offencesMarch 2018: 116 offencesApril 2018: 148 offencesMay 2018: 75 offencesJune 2018: 144 offencesJuly 2018: 139 offencesAugust 2018: 130 offencesSeptember 2018: 113 offencesOctober 2018: 120 offencesNovember 2018: 118 offencesDecember 2018: 148 offencesJanuary 2019: 92 offencesFebruary 2019: 103 offencesMarch 2019: 116 offencesApril 2019: 124 offencesMay 2019: 108 offencesJune 2019: 121 offencesJuly 2019: 94 offencesAugust 2019: 106 offencesSeptember 2019: 102 offencesOctober 2019: 136 offencesNovember 2019: 143 offencesDecember 2019: 146 offencesJanuary 2020: 121 offencesFebruary 2020: 90 offencesMarch 2020: 105 offencesApril 2020: 41 offencesMay 2020: 57 offencesJune 2020: 67 offencesJuly 2020: 87 offencesAugust 2020: 88 offencesSeptember 2020: 77 offencesOctober 2020: 86 offencesNovember 2020: 73 offencesDecember 2020: 94 offencesJanuary 2021: 81 offencesFebruary 2021: 58 offencesMarch 2021: 72 offencesApril 2021: 74 offencesMay 2021: 83 offencesJune 2021: 80 offencesJuly 2021: 83 offencesAugust 2021: 69 offencesSeptember 2021: 107 offencesOctober 2021: 83 offencesNovember 2021: 94 offencesDecember 2021: 65 offencesJanuary 2022: 83 offencesFebruary 2022: 62 offencesMarch 2022: 72 offencesApril 2022: 70 offencesMay 2022: 95 offencesJune 2022: 76 offencesJuly 2022: 82 offencesAugust 2022: 61 offencesSeptember 2022: 73 offencesOctober 2022: 85 offencesNovember 2022: 90 offencesDecember 2022: 75 offencesJanuary 2023: 89 offencesFebruary 2023: 123 offencesMarch 2023: 112 offencesApril 2023: 75 offencesMay 2023: 112 offencesJune 2023: 89 offencesJuly 2023: 111 offencesAugust 2023: 92 offencesSeptember 2023: 113 offencesOctober 2023: 117 offencesNovember 2023: 126 offencesDecember 2023: 180 offencesJanuary 2024: 109 offencesFebruary 2024: 85 offencesMarch 2024: 112 offencesApril 2024: 106 offencesMay 2024: 140 offencesJune 2024: 109 offencesJuly 2024: 101 offencesAugust 2024: 112 offencesSeptember 2024: 131 offencesOctober 2024: 123 offencesNovember 2024: 111 offencesDecember 2024: 108 offencesJanuary 2025: 92 offencesFebruary 2025: 96 offencesMarch 2025: 114 offencesApril 2025: 102 offencesMay 2025: 81 offencesJune 2025: 118 offencesJuly 2025: 119 offencesAugust 2025: 120 offencesSeptember 2025: 98 offencesOctober 2025: 109 offencesNovember 2025: 110 offencesDecember 2025: 102 offencesJanuary 2026: 92 offencesFebruary 2026: 87 offencesMarch 2026: 111 offencesApril 2026: 97 offencesMay 2026: 142 offencesJune 2026: 123 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 2011781 (partial)
June 20121,3055.02012
June 20131,3845.12013
June 20141,1194.02014
June 20151,1534.12015
June 20161,1393.92016
June 20171,3264.52017
June 20181,5285.12018
June 20191,4324.72019
June 20201,2083.92020
June 20219533.02021
June 20229592.92022
June 20231,0663.22023
June 20241,4004.22024
June 20251,2893.92025
June 20261,3103.92025

What this measures

Theft with the use or threat of force against a person.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Tower Hamlets

Every local authority ranked by robbery rate · All recorded crime in Tower Hamlets