Total Crime Rate
751.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crispin Place 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 Crispin Place (E1 6DW) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Crispin Place (E1 6DW), 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ebor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ebor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Puma Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| 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 | Public order | Sandy'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Artillery Lane | — |
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