Total Crime Rate
300.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Frying Pan Alley area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 135th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Frying Pan Alley (E1 7HR) in the last 12 months was 300.0 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -87.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 66.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frying Pan Alley (E1 7HR), the main crime hotspot is near Victoria Avenue. Police recorded 250 crimes here, including 125 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 | Theft from the person | Old Castle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spital Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lamb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sandy'S Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sandy'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Artillery Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strype Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Castle Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Old Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spital Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Botolph Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Castle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlesex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fleur De Lis Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fleur De Lis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Crispin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crispin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crispin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goulston Street | β |
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