Total Crime Rate

350.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 350.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 175.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 75.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 50.0 10/10
  • Other theft 50.0 10/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gun Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 101st highest crime rate of 693 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 Gun Street (E1 6AH) in the last 12 months was 350.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gun Street (E1 6AH), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Avenue. Police recorded 206 crimes here, including 101 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gun Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/211)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery London Liverpool Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Folgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victoria Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victoria Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blossom Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Folgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brune Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brune Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brune Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brune Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wilkes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bishopsgate Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Bishopsgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Victoria Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Goulston Street —
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Data Sources

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