Total Crime Rate

115.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Theft from the person 8.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Geffrye Estate area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 315th lowest 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 Geffrye Estate (N1 6RX) in the last 12 months was 115.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Geffrye Estate (N1 6RX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 175 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Geffrye Estate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Retford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Purcell Street
Sep 2025Public order Pelter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strout'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Purcell Street
Sep 2025Drugs Purcell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Purcell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Purcell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purcell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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