Total Crime Rate
341.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Heneage 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 areaβs 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 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Osborn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manningtree Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hopetown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heneage Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Church Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Church Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | White Church Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborn Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborn Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coverley Close | Under investigation |
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