Total Crime Rate

745.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

182.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 745.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 187.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 182.3 10/10
  • Other theft 143.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 99.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.7 10/10
  • Robbery 33.2 10/10
  • Burglary 27.6 10/10
  • Drugs 22.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.6 10/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Spital Square area has the 10th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 27th highest crime rate of 693 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 Spital Square (E1 6DU) in the last 12 months was 745.9 per 1,000 residents and was 150.4% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 182.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spital Square (E1 6DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 206 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Avenue (101 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Spital Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/188)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Lane —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wheeler Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Bell Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Steward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Folgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Steward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Steward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson New Inn Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Jerome Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Hewett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Folgate Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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