Total Crime Rate
1150.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
316.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scrutton Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 12th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scrutton Street (EC2A 4XP) in the last 12 months was 1150.0 per 1,000 residents and was 286.2% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 316.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scrutton Street (EC2A 4XP), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 348 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rufus Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Curtain Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Curtain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curtain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blossom Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rufus Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Plough Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rufus Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Anning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Anning Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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