Total Crime Rate
85.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bell 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gunthorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | 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 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seven Stars Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Seven Stars Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seven Stars Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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