Total Crime Rate

363.2 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 363.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 94.7 10/10
  • Other theft 73.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 63.2 10/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Robbery 26.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 26.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Drugs 10.5 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Gorsuch Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 98th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gorsuch Street (E2 8HA) in the last 12 months was 363.2 per 1,000 residents and was 8.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Bicycle theft with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 834.5% 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 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Gorsuch Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cremer Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Hassard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strout'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Weymouth Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Weymouth Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hassard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pelter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Appleby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Appleby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hassard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hassard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redvers Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tabernacle Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravenscroft Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place —

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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