Total Crime Rate
169.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moss Close area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 280th 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 Moss Close (E1 5HT) in the last 12 months was 169.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moss Close (E1 5HT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 421 crimes here, including 246 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Underwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Underwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fulbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fulbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chicksand Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chicksand Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Greatorex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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