Total Crime Rate
372.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Goulston 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 New Goulston Street (E1 7PR) 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 New Goulston Street (E1 7PR), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brushfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gunthorpe Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Crispin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crispin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crispin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gunthorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobb Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Goulston Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aldgate East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Puma Court | Under investigation |
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