Total Crime Rate

400.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 400.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 112.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 61.8 8/10
  • Other theft 53.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 32.3 10/10
  • Burglary 29.6 10/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chance Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 79th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chance Street (E2 7JB) in the last 12 months was 400.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chance Street (E2 7JB), 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 Chance Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corbet Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Inn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Columbia Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tabernacle Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place
Sep 2025Theft from the person Anning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Brick Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Inn Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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