Total Crime Rate
1299.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Quaker Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 11th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Quaker Street (E1 6SN) in the last 12 months was 1299.5 per 1,000 residents and was 287.8% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 36.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 236.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quaker Street (E1 6SN), 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shuttle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rhoda 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 | Rhoda Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spital Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seven Stars Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seven Stars Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princelet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Princelet Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spital Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Spital Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Code Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Corbet Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Code Street | — |
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