Total Crime Rate
2627.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shoreditch High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 4th 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 Shoreditch High Street (E1 6PJ) in the last 12 months was 2627.3 per 1,000 residents and was 684.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 145 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -58.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 527.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shoreditch High Street (E1 6PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 213 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rivington Street (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spital Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ligonier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Chance Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ligonier Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jerome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
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