Crime Rates at Long Street, London, E2 8HQ

Long Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 83rd 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 Long Street (E2 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 389.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Street (E2 8HQ), 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.