Total Crime Rate

341.5 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

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 341.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 170.7 10/10
  • Other theft 42.7 10/10
  • Burglary 24.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.2 10/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Heneage Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 107th highest 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 Heneage Street (E1 5LJ) in the last 12 months was 341.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (β‰ˆ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heneage Street (E1 5LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 254 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Heneage Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Osborn Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manningtree Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopetown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heneage Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Church Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Church Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Church Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborn Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborn Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coverley Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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