Total Crime Rate
720.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
180.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Quaker Street area has the 12th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 29th highest crime rate of 693 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 720.4 per 1,000 residents and was 141.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 55.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 180.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quaker Street (E1 6ST), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 298 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ligonier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Princelet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princelet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | White'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palissy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palissy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Code Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Code Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princelet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princelet Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Code Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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