Total Crime Rate

379.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 379.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 85.2 10/10
  • Drugs 28.4 10/10
  • Other theft 26.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Public order 21.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Robbery 19.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.1 10/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chapel Place area has the 25th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 90th highest crime rate of 710 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 379.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 150.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapel Place (EC2A 3DQ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 612 crimes here, including 185 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Chapel Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Luke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rufus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mills Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowling Green Walk
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rufus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Rufus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Mundy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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