Total Crime Rate

805.1 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 805.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 220.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 186.4 10/10
  • Drugs 118.6 10/10
  • Other theft 110.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 50.9 10/10
  • Burglary 33.9 10/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other crime 8.5 9/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 8.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Dereham 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dereham Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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