Total Crime Rate

939.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 939.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 314.9 10/10
  • Other theft 143.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 143.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 99.5 10/10
  • Burglary 55.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.3 10/10
  • Robbery 33.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.2 7/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.1 9/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · 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 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 19th 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 Spital Square (E1 6DX) in the last 12 months was 939.2 per 1,000 residents and was 180.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 193.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 84.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spital Square (E1 6DX), 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.

Crime Over Time in Spital Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/143)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Toynbee Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Boundary Pass Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Boundary Pass Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Boundary Pass Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting White'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calvin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lolesworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bell Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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