Total Crime Rate

303.4 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 303.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 52.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.4 10/10
  • Other theft 31.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 21.2 7/10
  • Drugs 19.4 10/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 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 31st highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 131st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Geffrye Estate (N1 6RY) in the last 12 months was 303.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% 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 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Geffrye Estate (N1 6RY), 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.

Crime Over Time in Geffrye Estate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hackney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Retford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Drysdale Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Pelter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pelter Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aske Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aske Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Drysdale Street
Sep 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drysdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hackney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bakers Rents Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hackney Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fanshaw Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redvers Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Crabtree Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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