Total Crime Rate
637.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Luke 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 Luke Street (EC2A 4LH) 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 Luke Street (EC2A 4LH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 449 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mills Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Appold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Appold Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Robbery | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hewett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dysart Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | — |
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