Total Crime Rate
71.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gosset Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gosset Street (E2 6NT) in the last 12 months was 71.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.7% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 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 Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (β 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gosset Street (E2 6NT), 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 | Burglary | Derbyshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Peter'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | 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 | Drugs | Ramsey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ion Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ramsey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wellington Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Voss Street | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Voss Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Voss Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pollard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squirries Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sale Street | Under investigation |
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