Total Crime Rate
417.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
141.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rivington Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 79th highest crime rate of 693 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 Rivington Street (EC2A 3QB) in the last 12 months was 417.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 141.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rivington Street (EC2A 3QB), 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.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mundy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mills Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | French Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | French Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rufus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rufus Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rufus Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rufus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Inn Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
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