East Smithfield

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6,445 people · median £806,300 · Tower Hamlets

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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 neighbourhood

Crime runs at 15.8 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.3 average across districts AcreRight covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes within this neighbourhood

Per 1,000 / month15.8

Average across AcreRight-covered districts9.3

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Anti-social behaviour

236

Violence and sexual offences

177

Other theft

161

Theft from the person

127

Shoplifting

Burglary

Recorded crimes by category within this neighbourhood, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
St Katharine'S Way	68
A3211	39
Supermarket	33
Tower Bridge Approach	27
Nesham Street	26

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) · police.uk

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