Total Crime Rate
751.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brushfield Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 27th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brushfield Street (E1 6AT) in the last 12 months was 751.5 per 1,000 residents and was 124.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -58.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (β 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brushfield Street (E1 6AT), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Fournier Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wilkes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fleur De Lis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fleur De Lis Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fairchild Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fairchild Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fairchild Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | β |
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