Total Crime Rate

1275.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

369.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 1275.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 411.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 369.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 275.5 10/10
  • Other theft 230.2 10/10
  • Drugs 143.4 10/10
  • Robbery 52.8 10/10
  • Public order 37.7 10/10
  • Burglary 34.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.3 5/10
  • Other crime 7.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
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

Old Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 10th 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 Old Street (EC1V 9LT) in the last 12 months was 1275.5 per 1,000 residents and was 328.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 98 (≈ 369.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Street (EC1V 9LT), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/209)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Ravey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mills Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Charlotte Road Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Phipp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Phipp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Redvers Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Luke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Redvers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Anning Street —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rivington Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rivington Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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