Total Crime Rate
92.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ligonier Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 203rd lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ligonier Street (E2 7HH) in the last 12 months was 92.1 per 1,000 residents and was 69.1% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 32.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ligonier Street (E2 7HH), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Curtain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Redchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Circus | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jerome Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Club Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Nichol Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Nichol Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palissy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Curtain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B122 | 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 |
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