Total Crime Rate

805.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 805.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 220.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 186.4 10/10
  • Drugs 118.6 10/10
  • Other theft 110.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 50.9 10/10
  • Burglary 33.9 10/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shoreditch High Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 23rd 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 Shoreditch High Street (E1 6JN) in the last 12 months was 805.1 per 1,000 residents and was 140.2% 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 26 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 Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -78.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 220.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shoreditch High Street (E1 6JN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Shoreditch High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ebor Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curtain Road
Sep 2025Drugs Columbia Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Nichol Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place
Sep 2025Burglary Godfrey Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rufus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rufus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ebor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Plough Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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