Total Crime Rate
637.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Paul Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 33rd highest crime rate of 710 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 Paul Street (EC2A 4JH) in the last 12 months was 637.5 per 1,000 residents and was 90.2% 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 107 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -45.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 121 (≈ 163.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paul Street (EC2A 4JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 265 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bonhill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bonhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bonhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bonhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bonhill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bonhill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bonhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bonhill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bonhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bonhill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Worship Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dysart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dysart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Dysart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Worship Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Platina Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dysart Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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