Total Crime Rate
379.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pitfield Street area has the 25th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 90th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pitfield Street (N1 6EU) in the last 12 months was 379.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 4 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 150.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pitfield Street (N1 6EU), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 390 crimes here, including 107 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leonard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Leonard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clere Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paul Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clere Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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