Total Crime Rate

661.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

110.2 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 661.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 271.2 10/10
  • Drugs 161.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 110.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 50.9 10/10
  • Other theft 33.9 10/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Burglary 17.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

French Place area has the 14th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 36th 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 French Place (E1 6JB) in the last 12 months was 661.0 per 1,000 residents and was 122.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around French Place (E1 6JB), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in French Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/201)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs French Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rivington Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rivington Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Basing Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Great Eastern Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christina Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christina Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Christina Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Printing House Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curtain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Curtain Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Curtain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Curtain Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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