Total Crime Rate

515.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

149.6 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 515.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 149.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 129.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.3 10/10
  • Other theft 98.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 63.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 43.3 10/10
  • Robbery 23.6 10/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Other crime 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

Avantgarde Place area has the 17th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avantgarde Place (E1 6GT) in the last 12 months was 515.8 per 1,000 residents and was 73.2% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 149.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avantgarde Place (E1 6GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avantgarde Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/172)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Palissy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Palissy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arnold Circus Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turville Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Camlet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turville Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B122 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Redchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Redchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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