Total Crime Rate
129.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Buckfast Street area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 351st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Buckfast Street (E2 6GJ) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Buckfast Street (E2 6GJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bethnal Green Road, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelsey Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buxton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chilton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Voss Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Voss Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Voss Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Buckfast Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squirries Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Turin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Squirries Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Derbyshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Florida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Florida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Florida Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Florida Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Florida Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fakruddin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Turin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Turin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gosset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vallance Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buxton Street | — |
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