Total Crime Rate
551.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Princelet Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 48th 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 Princelet Street (E1 5LP) in the last 12 months was 551.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% 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 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -21.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 93.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Princelet Street (E1 5LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 139 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lolesworth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hanbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hanbury Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wentworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spelman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Code Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chicksand Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B134 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Code Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B134 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daplyn Street | — |
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