Total Crime Rate
400.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chance 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbet Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | New Inn Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Columbia Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waterson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tabernacle Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Anning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Brick Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brick Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New Inn Broadway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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