Total Crime Rate

341.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 341.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 170.7 10/10
  • Other theft 42.7 10/10
  • Burglary 24.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.2 10/10
  • Drugs 15.2 9/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Theft from the person 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Heneage 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 5LW) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 5LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Heneage Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gunthorpe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wilkes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Puma Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aldgate East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aldgate East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopetown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Seven Stars Yard Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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