Total Crime Rate
254.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oakley Yard area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 171st 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 Oakley Yard (E2 6DU) in the last 12 months was 254.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakley Yard (E2 6DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 146 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 | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Swanfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chambord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Old Nichol Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanbury Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Granby Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Granby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Granby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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