Total Crime Rate
253.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Geffrye Estate 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 Geffrye Estate (N1 6RU) 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 Geffrye Estate (N1 6RU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hackney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Retford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drysdale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pelter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Aske Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Aske Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drysdale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hackney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bakers Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hackney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fanshaw Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabtree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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