Total Crime Rate

344.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

106.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 344.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 128.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 106.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.1 9/10
  • Other theft 39.6 10/10
  • Public order 30.5 10/10
  • Drugs 21.3 10/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.2 9/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • 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

Heneage Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 105th highest 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 Heneage Street (E1 5LJ) in the last 12 months was 344.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heneage Street (E1 5LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumbers Row, where police recorded 203 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 Heneage Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Princelet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Hopetown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Wilkes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spelman Street
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Spelman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spelman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monthope Road
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pomell Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pomell Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pomell Way
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monthope Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Monthope Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Deal Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation

Data Sources

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