Total Crime Rate

102.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 38.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hanbury Street area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 252nd lowest crime rate of 693 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 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanbury Street (E1 5JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 152 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hanbury Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/170)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Spelman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Princelet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Links Yard —
Apr 2026Drugs Princelet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Casson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Princelet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Princelet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Princelet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shuttle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wentworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cheshire Street —
Apr 2026Public order Hanbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hanbury Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nathaniel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hanbury Street —
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Data Sources

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