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

Long 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 Long Street (E2 8HS) 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 Long Street (E2 8HS), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 156 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Long Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/125)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chambord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B122 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B122 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Camlet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Shenfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jerrold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Public order Hare Walk Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2026Criminal damage and arson Ducal Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Ducal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Navarre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Redvers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Diss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Diss Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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