Total Crime Rate
194.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deal Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 247th 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 Deal Street (E1 5AH) in the last 12 months was 194.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deal Street (E1 5AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumbers Row, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greatorex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hanbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Links Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hanbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vallance Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vallance Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vallance Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daplyn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fakruddin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Greatorex Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deal Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spital Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whitechapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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