Total Crime Rate

508.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

100.9 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 508.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 153.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 100.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 70.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.2 9/10
  • Other theft 61.4 10/10
  • Burglary 30.7 10/10
  • Drugs 21.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Robbery 13.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.8 9/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
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

Bacon Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 55th 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 Bacon Street (E1 6LF) in the last 12 months was 508.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.8% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 100.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bacon Street (E1 6LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 158 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bacon Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/159)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Chambord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shacklewell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirton Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ducal Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Ducal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitby Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turville Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turville Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turville Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turville Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shuttle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Palissy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Palissy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shacklewell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Whitby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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