Total Crime Rate

258.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

30.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 258.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 125.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 30.2 6/10
  • Theft from the person 28.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 26.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Robbery 10.1 9/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cremer Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cremer Street (E2 8HD) in the last 12 months was 258.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.3% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cremer Street (E2 8HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 90 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 Cremer Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/96)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Gorsuch Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hoxton Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crabtree Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Calvert Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calvert Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Calvert Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Calvert Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Drysdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Drysdale Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Drysdale Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Shenfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Redvers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Baroness Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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