Total Crime Rate
751.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lolesworth Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 27th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lolesworth Close (E1 6LN) in the last 12 months was 751.5 per 1,000 residents and was 124.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -58.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lolesworth Close (E1 6LN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 247 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Somerset Street (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B134 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Castle Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lolesworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lolesworth Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Toynbee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Old Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Braham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Botolph Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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