Total Crime Rate

379.9 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 379.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 85.2 10/10
  • Drugs 28.4 10/10
  • Other theft 26.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Public order 21.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Robbery 19.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.1 10/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 10.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.7 9/10
  • Other crime 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

Pitfield 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 6HA) 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 6HA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 449 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Pitfield Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Hoxton Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B101
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fanshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fanshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary B101 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Haberdasher Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curtain Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Curtain Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Curtain Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charles Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary B101 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person B101 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatesborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cranwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cranwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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