Total Crime Rate
400.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Montclare Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 79th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Montclare Street (E2 7EX) in the last 12 months was 400.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (β 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Montclare Street (E2 7EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tabernacle Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quaker Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shoreditch High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chance Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chance Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlinson Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Arnold Circus | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cygnet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shoreditch High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnold Circus | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnold Circus | β |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.