Total Crime Rate
464.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avantgarde Place area has the 20th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 710 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 464.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 133.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avantgarde Place (E1 6GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebor Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Code Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Code Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Code Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Code Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Code Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Code Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Padbury Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shoreditch High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ligonier Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shacklewell Street | Under investigation |
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