Total Crime Rate
29.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ligonier 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.
View Crime In Weavers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palissy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Godfrey Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Austin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Printing House Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Inn Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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