Total Crime Rate
805.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dereham Place area has the 11th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 710 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 Dereham Place (EC2A 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 805.1 per 1,000 residents and was 140.2% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -78.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 220.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dereham Place (EC2A 3HJ), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington 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 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
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