Total Crime Rate

939.2 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 939.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 314.9 10/10
  • Other theft 143.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 143.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 99.5 10/10
  • Burglary 55.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 55.3 10/10
  • Robbery 33.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.2 7/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.1 9/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • 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

Bishopsgate area has the 10th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 19th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bishopsgate (EC2M 4RB) in the last 12 months was 939.2 per 1,000 residents and was 180.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 57 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 193.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 84.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishopsgate (EC2M 4RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Liverpool Street, where police recorded 269 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Avenue (125 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bishopsgate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Commercial Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Liverpool Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Appold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Appold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person A1202 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1202 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bell Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Fleur De Lis Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Theft from the person Liverpool Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Fleur De Lis Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Steward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gun Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gun Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Folgate Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gun Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Commercial Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Liverpool Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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