Total Crime Rate
939.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bishopsgate 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Commercial Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Liverpool Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Appold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A1202 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A1202 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fleur De Lis Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fleur De Lis Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bell Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Steward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bell Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Folgate Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Commercial Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Liverpool Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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