Total Crime Rate
1479.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Drysdale Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 9th 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 Drysdale Street (N1 6ND) in the last 12 months was 1479.3 per 1,000 residents and was 341.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 126 (≈ 475.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drysdale Street (N1 6ND), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Navarre Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Navarre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mundy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mundy Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mundy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curtain Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Curtain Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
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