Total Crime Rate
121.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Palissy 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.
View Crime In Weavers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ligonier Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Boundary Pass | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Diss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palissy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B122 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pelter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calvert Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shacklewell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cygnet Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Club Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cygnet Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Nichol Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shacklewell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Printing House Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ligonier Street | Under investigation |
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