Total Crime Rate

79.0 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 79.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.7 8/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 8th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 186th 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 7HH) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 76.4% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (β‰ˆ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ligonier Street (E2 7HH), 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 2025Other theft Whitby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Jerome Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Redchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Columbia Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Calvin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tomlinson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Whitby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Chance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Chance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jerome Street β€”
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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