Total Crime Rate
303.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Geffrye Estate area has the 30th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 139th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
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 1.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Geffrye Estate (N1 6RY), 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 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nuttall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton'S Gardens | 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 | 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 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamond Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regan Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Austin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drysdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drysdale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drysdale Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamond Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shenfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jerrold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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