Total Crime Rate

3235.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

918.0 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 3235.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 918.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 819.7 10/10
  • Drugs 721.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 601.1 10/10
  • Other theft 366.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 235.0 10/10
  • Public order 158.5 10/10
  • Robbery 125.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 71.0 10/10
  • Burglary 38.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 32.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
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

Charlotte Road area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Charlotte Road (EC2A 3PE) in the last 12 months was 3235.0 per 1,000 residents and was 986.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 168 (≈ 918.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charlotte Road (EC2A 3PE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 451 crimes here, including 149 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Charlotte Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/196)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
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 2026Robbery B101 Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Great Eastern Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christina Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christina Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Christina Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Local resolution
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Data Sources

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