Total Crime Rate

229.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 229.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.1 9/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Other crime 5.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.9 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vallance Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 210th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vallance Road (E1 5AB) in the last 12 months was 229.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vallance Road (E1 5AB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 371 crimes here, including 228 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vallance Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/141)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Selby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fieldgate Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Fieldgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Whitechapel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Whitechapel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Road —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Montague Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Montague Street —
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Data Sources

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