Crime Rates at Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4RB

Bishopsgate area has the 10th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 27th highest crime rate of 693 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 745.9 per 1,000 residents and was 150.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 182.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% 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 221 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Avenue (101 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.