Total Crime Rate
637.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leonard 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 Leonard Street (EC2A 4LT) 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 Leonard Street (EC2A 4LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 238 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Boot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mallow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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