Total Crime Rate

419.9 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 419.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 114.5 10/10
  • Other theft 68.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 42.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 30.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 22.9 10/10
  • Public order 22.9 9/10
  • Burglary 19.1 10/10
  • Robbery 11.5 9/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Avantgarde Place area has the 21st highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 72nd 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 6GU) in the last 12 months was 419.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.3% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (β‰ˆ 103.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avantgarde Place (E1 6GU), 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.

Crime Over Time in Avantgarde Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheshire Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ebor Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ebor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tomlinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ebor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Whitby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quaker Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Wilkes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chance Street β€”
Sep 2025Robbery Calvert Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swanfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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