Total Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Osborn Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 220th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Osborn Street (E1 6TD) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -87.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osborn Street (E1 6TD), the main crime hotspot is near Plumbers Row. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fashion Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nathaniel Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heneage Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thrawl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Thrawl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wentworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Casson Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Casson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manningtree Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Goodman'S Stile | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hopetown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wentworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wentworth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Links Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Leman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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