Total Crime Rate
101.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Geffrye Estate area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 246th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Geffrye Estate (N1 6RT) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Geffrye Estate (N1 6RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Printing House Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mundy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aske Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jerrold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shenfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drysdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cremer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Aske Street | Under investigation |
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