Total Crime Rate
939.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bishops 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 Bishops Square (E1 6GH) 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 Bishops Square (E1 6GH), 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 | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crispin Street | 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 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hewett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crispin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bowl Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bowl Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bowl Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowl Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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