Total Crime Rate

85.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.2 3/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bell Lane area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 206th 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 Bell Lane (E1 7LH) in the last 12 months was 85.2 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bell Lane (E1 7LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Somerset Street, where police recorded 175 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bell Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Gunthorpe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Crispin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Crispin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crispin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Little Somerset Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobb Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seven Stars Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brushfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Seven Stars Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Seven Stars Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Seven Stars Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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