Total Crime Rate

524.5 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 524.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 264.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 51.5 10/10
  • Other theft 39.2 10/10
  • Burglary 34.3 10/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 12.3 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Pecks Yard area has the 17th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 49th highest crime rate of 710 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 524.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 85.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 105.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pecks Yard (E1 6QS), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 300 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Pecks Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Princelet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Links Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quaker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Whitby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopetown Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street
Sep 2025Other theft Whitby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hopetown Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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