Total Crime Rate

29.5 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 29.5 3/10
  • Violent crimes 12.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ligonier Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 23rd lowest crime rate of 693 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 Ligonier Street (E2 7HG) in the last 12 months was 29.5 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ligonier Street (E2 7HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 131 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ligonier Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Palissy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Arnold Circus Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Austin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Austin Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Waterson Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Printing House Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson New Inn Broadway Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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