Total Crime Rate

417.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

141.9 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 417.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 141.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 67.7 10/10
  • Drugs 54.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.9 9/10
  • Public order 37.1 10/10
  • Other theft 30.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.5 9/10
  • Robbery 17.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 10.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Other crime 2.2 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

Chapel Place area has the 20th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 79th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chapel Place (EC2A 3DQ) in the last 12 months was 417.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% 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 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 141.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapel Place (EC2A 3DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 561 crimes here, including 177 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/196)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
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 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Other theft Singer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Singer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Singer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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