Total Crime Rate
199.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lorden Walk area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lorden Walk (E2 6NL) in the last 12 months was 199.3 per 1,000 residents and was 40.5% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (β 72.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lorden Walk (E2 6NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Columbia Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bethnal Green Road (22 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 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chambord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squirries Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Squirries Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Gosset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnet Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shipton Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shipton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | B108 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B108 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B108 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivimey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tillet Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cheshire Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ropley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ropley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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