Total Crime Rate
64.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Davenant Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 131st lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Davenant Street (E1 5NB) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Davenant Street (E1 5NB), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 231 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Greenfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Plumbers Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldgate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Deal Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Plumbers Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deal Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Deal Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Adler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | White Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | White Church Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Daplyn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wodeham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wodeham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wodeham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wodeham Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wodeham Gardens | Under investigation |
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