Police-recorded · Tower Hamlets · Metropolitan Police Service
Violence and sexual offences in Tower Hamlets
12 months to June 2026
35.5per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 11,851 violence and sexual offences offences in Tower Hamlets in the 12 months to June 2026, up 8.3% (912) on the previous 12 months. That is 35.5 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 334,240
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
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 to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
3,349 (partial)
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June 2012
5,223
19.9
2012
June 2013
5,542
20.5
2013
June 2014
6,135
22.1
2014
June 2015
7,118
25.2
2015
June 2016
8,057
27.9
2016
June 2017
8,113
27.6
2017
June 2018
8,735
29.1
2018
June 2019
9,089
29.8
2019
June 2020
8,183
26.7
2020
June 2021
9,316
29.8
2021
June 2022
10,024
30.6
2022
June 2023
10,084
30.2
2023
June 2024
10,674
31.8
2024
June 2025
10,939
32.7
2025
June 2026
11,851
35.5
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
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.