Total Crime Rate

300.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 300.0 10/10
  • Other theft 125.0 10/10
  • Burglary 75.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 25.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Artillery Passage 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 Artillery Passage (E1 7LJ) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Artillery Passage (E1 7LJ), 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.

Crime Over Time in Artillery Passage area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting White'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lamb Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spital Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Fleur De Lis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Spital Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fleur De Lis Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lolesworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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