Total Crime Rate
398.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brick Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 81st 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 Brick Lane (E1 6RF) in the last 12 months was 398.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -53.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 111 (≈ 160.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brick Lane (E1 6RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 155 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greatorex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Greatorex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Casson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Monthope Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chicksand Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chicksand Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Toynbee Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Toynbee Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Osborn Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Osborn Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborn Street | — |
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