Total Crime Rate
1270.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Great 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Worship Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leonard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drysdale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leonard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drysdale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clere Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clere Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clere Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fairchild Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fairchild Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fairchild Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hewett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Curtain Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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