Total Crime Rate

372.0 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 372.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 132.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.8 9/10
  • Other theft 47.9 10/10
  • Burglary 27.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Public order 20.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 20.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Old Castle 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 Old Castle Street (E1 7NT) 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 area’s 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 (≈ 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 Old Castle Street (E1 7NT), the main crime hotspot is near Little Somerset Street. Police recorded 202 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Castle Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/206)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Osborn Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Plough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plough Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gunthorpe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gunthorpe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gunthorpe Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Drugs Gunthorpe Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gunthorpe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plough Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Hopetown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gunthorpe Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Buckle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Buckle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Osborn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Osborn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Osborn Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hopetown Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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