Total Crime Rate
118.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodseer Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 327th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodseer Street (E1 5HD) in the last 12 months was 118.7 per 1,000 residents and was 64.6% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodseer Street (E1 5HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 148 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thrawl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheshire Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheshire Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chicksand Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spital Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spital Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spital Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Osborn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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