Total Crime Rate
253.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hoxton 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 Hoxton Street (N1 6SH) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Hoxton Street (N1 6SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buckland Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nuttall Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilmer Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purcell Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoxton | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wilks Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyssen Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Purcell Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoxton | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nazrul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ivy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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