Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 129.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 72.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Robbery 20.7 10/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sovereign Mews area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 329th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sovereign Mews (E2 8ER) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sovereign Mews (E2 8ER), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sovereign Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/80)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hoxton Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nazrul Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Nazrul Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Jeger Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jeger Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cremer Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nazrul Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Robbery Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nuttall Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Shenfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jerrold Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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