Total Crime Rate

319.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 319.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 172.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 57.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.4 7/10
  • Other theft 34.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 20.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Burglary 8.6 8/10
  • Drugs 8.6 8/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Jerome Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 125th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Jerome Street (E1 6NJ) in the last 12 months was 319.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.1% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Jerome Street (E1 6NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 298 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Jerome Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/205)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ebor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Apr 2026Other crime Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Princelet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Toynbee Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grimsby Street —
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Data Sources

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