East London as a whole saw a 4.03 per cent increase in reported crime from 14,263 offences in June to 14,839 in July.

June saw Tower Hamlets register the most crime in a month so far this year with 3,352.

This was the first month in 2025 that Newham had not experienced the highest crime count in the east of the capital.

However in July, Newham was back to topping the list with 3,657 reported crimes.

There were more than 1,000 cases of theft (1,202) and violence against the person (1,053).

Vehicle offences (365) and drug offences (240) were the next top contributors and both registered more reports than in June.

Tower Hamlets saw the second most reported crime in July with 3,389 – a fractional increase from the previous month.

A total of 997 reports were made of violence against the person and 995 were made of theft.

Drug offences and public order offences each registered 252 reports.

Tower Hamlets had the highest number of reported sexual offences in east London last month with a total of 120.

The borough with the third most criminal reports was Redbridge with 2,126 – up by 3.6pc from June.

Violence against the person and theft were both up from June and were the main contributors to the borough’s crime count.

Despite the overall rise, drug offences were down by 10.23pc to 114 and vehicle offences were down by 7.22pc to 231.

Waltham Forest was next in the July ranking with 2,076 – a small rise of 3.23pc from June.

Theft and violence against the person were again the two most recurring crime types with 576 and 562 respective reports.

Vehicle offences, public order offences and drug offences were the next most common crimes with 237, 165 and 141 cases.

Havering has seen the lowest crime count for the previous six months of 2025 but in July, it registered 1,823 reports – 55 more than Barking and Dagenham.

Havering’s crime count was up by 2.94pc from June and saw increases in violence against the person (4.81pc), drug offences (7.69pc) and robbery with a significant 44.68pc rise.

However, the borough also saw drops in some crime types such as sexual offences (10.16pc) and burglary (4.34pc).

For the first time in the past six months, Barking and Dagenham registered the lowest monthly crime count in east London.

The borough saw a total of 1,768 crimes reported, which was an increase of two on June, according to the police figures.

Violence against the person and theft were the two most frequent crime types with 653 and 301 reports respectively.

Violence was up fractionally from the previous month whilst theft saw one less report than June.

Drug offences, sexual offences and arson and criminal damage each rose from June whilst burglary and vehicle offences dropped.