Total Crime Rate

253.5 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 253.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.2 8/10
  • Other theft 28.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 28.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.2 10/10
  • Drugs 25.8 10/10
  • Robbery 16.4 10/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 4.7 3/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Hoxton Street area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 173rd 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 Hoxton Street (N1 6LP) in the last 12 months was 253.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 89.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hoxton Street (N1 6LP), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hoxton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hoxton Market Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hoxton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Caroline Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mundy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Jerrold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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