Total Crime Rate
372.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Toynbee Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 97th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Toynbee Street (E1 7NE) in the last 12 months was 372.0 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (β 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Toynbee Street (E1 7NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 196 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Goulston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Goulston Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Goulston Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Goulston Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Goulston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Botolph Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Botolph Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crispin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crispin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | White'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hopetown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopetown Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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