Total Crime Rate
1647.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gunthorpe Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 7th 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 Gunthorpe Street (E1 7RQ) in the last 12 months was 1647.1 per 1,000 residents and was 391.5% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 529.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gunthorpe Street (E1 7RQ), 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chicksand Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aldgate East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B134 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | B134 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B134 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tyne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Tyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Tyne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pomell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pomell Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gunthorpe Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gunthorpe Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gunthorpe Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gunthorpe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunthorpe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pomell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Little Somerset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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