Crime Rate in Spitalfields & Banglatown, ward

Spitalfields & Banglatown has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 109th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 35th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Spitalfields & Banglatown in the last 12 months was 297.8 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% higher than the Tower Hamlets district average (148.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Spitalfields & Banglatown’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 948 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 26 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 6.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -17.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,419 (≈ 88.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Spitalfields & Banglatown ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 603 crimes here, including 276 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.