Total Crime Rate
404.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
168.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Monthope Road 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 Monthope Road (E1 5LS) 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 Monthope Road (E1 5LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plumbers Row, where police recorded 231 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (59 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 | Alie Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aldgate East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Stars Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seven Stars Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B134 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B134 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B134 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Aldgate East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aldgate East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Aldgate East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldgate East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aldgate East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Osborn Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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