Total Crime Rate
398.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Monthope Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 81st highest crime rate of 710 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 398.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -53.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 111 (≈ 160.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Monthope Road (E1 5LS), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buckle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pomell Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princelet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princelet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pomell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gunthorpe Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manningtree Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Links Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Links Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Links Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gunthorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Plough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
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