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 6GL) 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 6GL), 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnet Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kelsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelsey Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tillet Way | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivimey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxendale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wellington Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ramsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pollard Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vallance Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hemming Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Lampern Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
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