Total Crime Rate

253.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

61.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 253.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 61.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Drugs 29.4 10/10
  • Burglary 18.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.6 10/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Matthews Row area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 177th highest crime rate of 693 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 253.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.9% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% 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 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Matthews Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/114)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shacklewell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Buckfast Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tillet Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Hereford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hereford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roberta Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Buxton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Buxton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Buxton Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Buxton Street —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Turin Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Turin Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Turin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turin Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Turin Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Satchwell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Satchwell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Vallance Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roberta Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bratley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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