Total Crime Rate

1125.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

207.7 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 1125.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 265.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 212.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 207.7 10/10
  • Other theft 169.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 149.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 135.3 10/10
  • Burglary 58.0 10/10
  • Public order 43.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.3 10/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 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

Brick Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 13th highest crime rate of 693 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 Brick Lane (E1 6QL) in the last 12 months was 1125.6 per 1,000 residents and was 278.0% 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 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 207.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brick Lane (E1 6QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 232 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 Brick Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/191)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Princelet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grimsby Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wheeler Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Jerome Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shuttle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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