Total Crime Rate
229.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
28.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlesex Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 209th 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 Middlesex Street (E1 7EZ) in the last 12 months was 229.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower 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 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middlesex Street (E1 7EZ), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Avenue. Police recorded 206 crimes here, including 101 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 | Burglary | Artizan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little Somerset Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | New Goulston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cobb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Somerset Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gravel Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gravel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gravel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gravel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Somerset Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gravel Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | India Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
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