Total Crime Rate
242.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Matthews Row area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 185th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Matthews Row (E2 6DT) in the last 12 months was 242.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% lower 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Matthews Row (E2 6DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Turin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buxton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buxton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buxton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Turin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhoda Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Matthew'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tillet Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Under investigation |
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