Total Crime Rate
588.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Quaker 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 6SX) 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 6SX), 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 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fashion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chance Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wilkes Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jerome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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