Total Crime Rate

551.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 551.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 254.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 93.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 44.1 10/10
  • Public order 39.2 10/10
  • Other theft 34.3 10/10
  • Burglary 27.0 10/10
  • Drugs 27.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.3 6/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Robbery 4.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Pecks Yard area has the 16th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 48th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pecks Yard (E1 6QS) in the last 12 months was 551.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.2% 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 104 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -21.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 93.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pecks Yard (E1 6QS), 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 Pecks Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/170)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wilkes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Lolesworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lolesworth Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Castle Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Quaker Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Wheeler Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Lane —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Corbet Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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