Total Crime Rate
194.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hunton 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 Hunton Street (E1 5HF) 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 Hunton Street (E1 5HF), 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 | Public order | Princelet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shuttle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princelet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princelet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bratley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bratley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bratley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Stars Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Stars Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buxton Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Buxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spital Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spital Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spital Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spital Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goldman Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goldman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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