Total Crime Rate

669.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

179.3 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 669.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 179.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 130.7 10/10
  • Other theft 107.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 83.6 10/10
  • Drugs 68.7 10/10
  • Burglary 40.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.6 10/10
  • Robbery 24.3 10/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 1.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Christopher Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 34th 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 Christopher Street (EC2A 2BS) in the last 12 months was 669.8 per 1,000 residents and was 124.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -5.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 179.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Christopher Street (EC2A 2BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 216 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Christopher Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/100)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Platina Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ravey Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dysart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dysart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Earl Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Earl Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paul Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mark Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Phipp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Phipp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Dysart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Luke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Willow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Dysart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Dysart Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bonhill Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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