Total Crime Rate

2627.3 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 2627.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 659.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 363.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 350.0 10/10
  • Other theft 345.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 295.5 10/10
  • Burglary 122.7 10/10
  • Drugs 100.0 10/10
  • Public order 90.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 86.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 72.7 10/10
  • Robbery 59.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 50.0 10/10
  • Other crime 18.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.6 10/10
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

Holywell Row area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 4th highest crime rate of 710 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 Holywell Row (EC2A 4JF) in the last 12 months was 2627.3 per 1,000 residents and was 684.0% 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 145 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -58.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 527.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holywell Row (EC2A 4JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 265 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rivington Street (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Holywell Row area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/181)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Boot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dysart Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Boot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Boot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Boot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Boot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Boot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Boot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Boot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Dysart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Appold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Appold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Appold Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dysart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Dysart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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