Total Crime Rate
1118.6 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Regal Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 14th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Regal Close (E1 5JB) in the last 12 months was 1118.6 per 1,000 residents and was 233.8% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 126 (β 533.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regal Close (E1 5JB), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Underwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Underwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Greenfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greenfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greenfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greenfield Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Casson Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | β |
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