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