Total Crime Rate

390.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 390.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 127.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 82.9 9/10
  • Other theft 58.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Burglary 25.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 25.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.9 10/10
  • Public order 23.9 10/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Toynbee Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 87th highest crime rate of 693 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 390.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.7% 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 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Toynbee Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seven Stars Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Castle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Middlesex Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Pomell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Pomell Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Pomell Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pomell Way
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gravel Lane
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gravel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gravel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Gravel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gravel Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gravel Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gravel Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Castle Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harrow Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Goulston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goulston Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Goulston Street
Apr 2026Other theft B134 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B134
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B134
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cobb Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft New Goulston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seven Stars Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Seven Stars Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Harrow Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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