Total Crime Rate
242.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gorsuch 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.
View Crime In Haggerston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gascoigne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Austin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cremer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cremer Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cremer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cremer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Basing Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Basing Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basing Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ravenscroft Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Redvers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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