Total Crime Rate
524.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pecks 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Links Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quaker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hopetown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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