Total Crime Rate
376.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pedley Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 710 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 Pedley Street (E1 5EW) in the last 12 months was 376.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 142.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pedley Street (E1 5EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seven Stars Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seven Stars Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Turville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jerome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Links Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Padbury Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Code Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Code Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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