Total Crime Rate
588.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sheba Place area has the 16th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 41st 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 Sheba Place (E1 6SJ) in the last 12 months was 588.8 per 1,000 residents and was 75.7% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -43.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 115.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sheba Place (E1 6SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 201 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shuttle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spital Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spital Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spital Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spital Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lamb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fleur De Lis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fleur De Lis Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| 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 | Other theft | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Code Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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