Total Crime Rate
253.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Falkirk Street 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 Falkirk Street (N1 6SD) 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 Falkirk Street (N1 6SD), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 324 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pitfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rufus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rufus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Pitfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purcell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rufus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purcell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redvers Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redvers Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ivy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Pitfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Caroline Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Rufus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Rufus Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hoxton Market | Under investigation |
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