Total Crime Rate

1299.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 1299.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 381.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 222.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 178.7 10/10
  • Other theft 173.9 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
  • Drugs 33.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.5 9/10
  • Robbery 9.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brick Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 11th 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 Brick Lane (E1 6QL) in the last 12 months was 1299.5 per 1,000 residents and was 287.8% 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 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 36.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 236.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.7% 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 247 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.

Crime Over Time in Brick Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/185)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wentworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gunthorpe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopetown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heneage Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting White'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quaker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street —
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Data Sources

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