Total Crime Rate
623.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Batemans Row area has the 14th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 36th highest crime rate of 710 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 Batemans Row (EC2A 3HH) in the last 12 months was 623.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 178.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 104.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Batemans Row (EC2A 3HH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gatesborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drysdale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Columbia Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bakers Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mundy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mundy Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Navarre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Navarre Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mundy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
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