Total Crime Rate
464.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chance Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 63rd 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 Chance Street (E1 6JT) in the last 12 months was 464.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 133.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chance Street (E1 6JT), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turville Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Turville Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Turville Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turville Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shoreditch High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turville Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fleur De Lis Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fleur De Lis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Austin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bowl Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Calvert Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
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