Total Crime Rate
404.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
168.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chicksand Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 693 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 Chicksand Street (E1 5LB) in the last 12 months was 404.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.7% higher 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 81 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -26.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 168.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chicksand Street (E1 5LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumbers Row, where police recorded 203 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plough Street (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Manningtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manningtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manningtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manningtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Manningtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Manningtree Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princelet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princelet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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