Total Crime Rate

121.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 40.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Palissy Street area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 308th 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 Palissy Street (E2 7LD) in the last 12 months was 121.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palissy Street (E2 7LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sclater Street, where police recorded 114 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ebor Street (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Palissy Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pelter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Boundary Pass Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Boundary Pass Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Boundary Pass Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Boundary Pass Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Diss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B122 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Boundary Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pelter Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sclater Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Calvert Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shacklewell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Club Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street
Apr 2026Other theft Old Nichol Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shacklewell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane
Apr 2026Public order Printing House Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ligonier Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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