Total Crime Rate

669.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

179.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 669.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 179.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 138.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 130.7 10/10
  • Other theft 107.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 83.6 10/10
  • Drugs 68.7 10/10
  • Burglary 40.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.6 10/10
  • Robbery 24.3 10/10
  • Public order 16.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.4 4/10
  • Other crime 1.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Paul Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 34th highest crime rate of 693 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 4NY) in the last 12 months was 669.8 per 1,000 residents and was 124.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 42.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -5.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 179.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paul Street (EC2A 4NY), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 440 crimes here, including 128 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Paul Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/269)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Boot Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery Luke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Blackall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Willow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Corsham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Bonhill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bonhill Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Bonhill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Worship Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vince Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vince Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vince Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Vince Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Vince Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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