Total Crime Rate
419.9 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avantgarde 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 areaβs 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 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheshire Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebor Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ebor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ebor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quaker Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wilkes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chance Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Calvert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Swanfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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