Crime Rates at Gun Street, London, E1 6AH

Gun Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 135th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gun Street (E1 6AH) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gun Street (E1 6AH), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Avenue. Police recorded 250 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.