Total Crime Rate
669.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 34th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Street (EC2A 4HT) in the last 12 months was 669.8 per 1,000 residents and was 124.9% 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 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -5.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 179.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Street (EC2A 4HT), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 440 crimes here, including 128 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 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charles Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Charles Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charles Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charles Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mills Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Eastern Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Primrose Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Conference/Exhibition Centre | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charlotte Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
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