Total Crime Rate
118.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hanbury 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 Hanbury Street (E1 5JP) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Hanbury Street (E1 5JP), 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 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cheshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princelet Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princelet Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheshire Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheshire Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quaker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fournier Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chicksand Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wilkes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shuttle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Links Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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