Total Crime Rate

482.5 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 482.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 140.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 79.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.8 9/10
  • Other theft 57.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.3 10/10
  • Drugs 26.3 10/10
  • Burglary 21.9 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.8 9/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 8.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· 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 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 58th 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 Bacon Street (E1 6LF) in the last 12 months was 482.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (β‰ˆ 92.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bacon Street (E1 6LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bacon Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Arnold Circus Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnold Circus Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhoda Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rhoda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chance Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Chance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tomlinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rhoda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rhoda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Navarre Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Satchwell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ligonier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ligonier Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Camlet Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Navarre Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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