Total Crime Rate

1270.1 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 1270.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 373.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 247.1 10/10
  • Other theft 178.2 10/10
  • Drugs 166.7 10/10
  • Burglary 80.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.7 10/10
  • Robbery 74.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.5 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Great Eastern Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 12th 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 Great Eastern Street (EC2A 3QR) in the last 12 months was 1270.1 per 1,000 residents and was 279.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 70.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 333.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Great Eastern Street (EC2A 3QR), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 483 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Great Eastern Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Boot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leonard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Drysdale Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Leonard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Inn Yard
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drysdale Street
Sep 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drysdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Boot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Clere Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Clere Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clere Place
Sep 2025Other crime Fairchild Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Fairchild Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fairchild Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hewett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Boot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Boot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Curtain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

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