Total Crime Rate
2627.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shoreditch High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 4th 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 Shoreditch High Street (E1 6HU) in the last 12 months was 2627.3 per 1,000 residents and was 684.0% 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 145 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -58.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 527.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shoreditch High Street (E1 6HU), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 398 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fleur De Lis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drysdale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fleur De Lis Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drysdale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bakers Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Curtain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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