Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.3 5/10
  • Theft from the person 18.1 9/10
  • Drugs 13.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Buckfast 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.

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Crime Over Time in Buckfast Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnet Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kelsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kelsey Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Tillet Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillet Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tillet Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ivimey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Baxendale Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wellington Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ramsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pollard Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pollard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vallance Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hemming Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hemming Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durant Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckfast Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Buckfast Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lampern Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Satchwell Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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