Crime Rate in Spitalfields & Banglatown, ward

Spitalfields & Banglatown has the highest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 86th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 23rd highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Spitalfields & Banglatown in the last 12 months was 335.1 per 1,000 residents and was 128.9% higher than the Tower Hamlets district average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Spitalfields & Banglatown’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1,218 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 26 cases , up 13.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 56.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -32.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,497 (≈ 93.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Spitalfields & Banglatown ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 668 crimes here, including 290 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.