Total Crime Rate
63.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brune Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 127th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brune Street (E1 7NZ) in the last 12 months was 63.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 21.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brune Street (E1 7NZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aldgate East (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cutler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Artillery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Artillery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Artillery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Artillery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Middlesex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Artillery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jerome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Artillery Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Artillery Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Widegate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cobb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aldgate East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cutler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wheeler Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B134 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Steward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gravel Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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