Total Crime Rate

242.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 242.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 68.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 42.1 7/10
  • Other theft 31.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 31.6 10/10
  • Burglary 26.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.8 7/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Robbery 10.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gorsuch Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 194th highest crime rate of 693 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 Gorsuch Street (E2 8HA) in the last 12 months was 242.1 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 992.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gorsuch Street (E2 8HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gorsuch Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nazrul Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Nazrul Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Austin Street
Apr 2026Burglary Austin Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cremer Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hassard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hoxton Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Basing Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ravenscroft Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redvers Street
Apr 2026Theft from the person Redvers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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