Total Crime Rate
6.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Redchurch Street area has the lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 2nd 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 Redchurch Street (E2 7GP) in the last 12 months was 6.2 per 1,000 residents and was 98.1% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Redchurch Street (E2 7GP), 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 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shacklewell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boundary Pass | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Montclare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chambord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Quaker Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Circus | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swanfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ligonier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnold Circus | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnold Circus | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Arnold Circus | — |
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