Total Crime Rate

637.5 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 637.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 144.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.7 10/10
  • Other theft 97.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 79.5 10/10
  • Drugs 59.3 10/10
  • Burglary 39.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.6 10/10
  • Robbery 24.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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

Clere 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 Clere Street (EC2A 4LL) 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 Clere Street (EC2A 4LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 265 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Boot Street (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clere Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bonhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cranwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cranwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cranwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Bonhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bonhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bonhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bonhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bonhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bonhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bonhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Appold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bonhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bonhill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatesborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gatesborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ravey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ravey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ravey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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