Total Crime Rate

76.0 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • 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
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ligonier Street area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 178th 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 Ligonier Street (E2 7HG) in the last 12 months was 76.0 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (β‰ˆ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ligonier Street (E2 7HG), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Ligonier Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rhoda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rhoda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rhoda Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brick Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rhoda Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”

Data Sources

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