Total Crime Rate

115.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Robbery 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Greatorex Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 317th lowest 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 Greatorex Street (E1 5NW) in the last 12 months was 115.8 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 98.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greatorex Street (E1 5NW), 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.

Crime Over Time in Greatorex Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Old Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Seven Stars Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Seven Stars Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Osborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Plumbers Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Osborn Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seven Stars Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vine Court —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborn Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborn Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B134 —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft B134 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumbers Row —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plumbers Row —
Sep 2025Public order Adler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B134 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Adler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Seven Stars Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Adler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chicksand Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Regal Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.