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 6SY) 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 6SY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 276 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jerome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jerome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jerome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jerome Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jerome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ebor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fashion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quaker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Navarre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Navarre Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Montclare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Anning Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Anning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Anning Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
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