Total Crime Rate

953.9 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 953.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 235.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 161.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 138.3 10/10
  • Other theft 129.0 10/10
  • Burglary 59.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 55.3 10/10
  • Robbery 46.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.7 7/10
  • Public order 23.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.4 10/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
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

Printing House Yard area has the 9th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 18th 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 Printing House Yard (E2 7PR) in the last 12 months was 953.9 per 1,000 residents and was 184.7% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 235.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Printing House Yard (E2 7PR), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Printing House Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Inn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Austin Street
Sep 2025Public order Drysdale Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Godfrey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Godfrey Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Boundary Pass Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boundary Pass Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Boundary Pass Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Austin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ligonier Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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