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

Shoreditch High Street 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 Shoreditch High Street (E1 6JN) 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 Shoreditch High Street (E1 6JN), 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 Shoreditch High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowl Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitby Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Boundary Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nazrul Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Calvert Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowl Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whitby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Palissy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Palissy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Drysdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Curtain Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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