Total Crime Rate

202.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 202.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.3 7/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Robbery 20.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.5 10/10
  • Other theft 15.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Sovereign 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.

Crime Over Time in Sovereign Mews area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hassard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strout'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pelter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place 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 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hoxton Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diss Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wilks Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilks Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoxton

Data Sources

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