Total Crime Rate

169.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.6 8/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Moss 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.

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Crime Over Time in Moss Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chicksand Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Underwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Underwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Fulbourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fulbourne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greatorex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chicksand Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road —
Sep 2025Public order Chicksand Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chicksand Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plumbers Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greatorex Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Greatorex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greatorex Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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