Total Crime Rate

588.8 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 588.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 161.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 125.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.1 9/10
  • Other theft 52.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 42.8 10/10
  • Burglary 29.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.0 10/10
  • Robbery 23.0 10/10
  • Public order 19.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Other crime 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

Quaker Street 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 Quaker Street (E1 6ST) 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 Quaker Street (E1 6ST), 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 Quaker Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shacklewell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calvin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting White'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street
Sep 2025Burglary Fleur De Lis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Jerome Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhoda Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rhoda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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