Total Crime Rate
202.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sovereign Mews area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 240th 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 Sovereign Mews (E2 8ER) in the last 12 months was 202.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.7% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sovereign Mews (E2 8ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hassard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strout'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pelter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hoxton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diss Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Diss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wilks Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoxton | — |
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