Total Crime Rate

36.0 per 1,000 4/10 Β· Low

All offences Β· 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 36.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hanbury Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 51st lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hanbury Street (E1 5JZ) in the last 12 months was 36.0 per 1,000 residents and was 89.2% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (β‰ˆ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanbury Street (E1 5JZ), 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 Hanbury Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Whitechapel Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parfett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lomas Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lomas Street β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plumbers Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlemaine Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castlemaine Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fieldgate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Underwood Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Durward Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Hemming Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumbers Row β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Romford Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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