Total Crime Rate
751.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Steward 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 Steward Street (E1 6FQ) 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 Steward Street (E1 6FQ), 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 | Other theft | Widegate Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Blossom Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spital Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Plough Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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