Total Crime Rate
637.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clere 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bonhill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cranwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cranwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Robbery | Bonhill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appold 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 | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatesborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gatesborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ravey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ravey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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