Elevated caution
Based on public recorded crime near Spitalfields & Banglatown, Tower Hamlets within 500m.
Incidents
261
Trend
stable
Confidence
High
Crime Summary
Most recent public police data available: May 2026.
May 2026 is about 13% below the 12-month average of 300.6 incidents.
Area Profile
A strong food and nightlife base where theft and late-evening crowding can be more relevant than daytime concerns.
Transport
Nearest rail-based stations from the TfL Unified API.
Aldgate East
499m away · District, Hammersmith & City
Whitechapel
612m away · Elizabeth line
Whitechapel
628m away · District, Hammersmith & City
Whitechapel
642m away · Windrush
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How to Read This
Designed for travel planning, not certainty.
- Recent street-level incidents within the selected radius are weighted by category.
- Violence, robbery, weapons and burglary carry higher weight than lower-severity categories.
- Up to 12 months of history are averaged with recency decay, so one unusual month does not swing the score.
- A stable neighbourhood baseline from the official English Indices of Deprivation crime domain anchors the score.
- Dense central visitor areas are normalized so footfall does not automatically imply danger.
- Improving recent trend slightly lifts the score; a rising trend lowers it.
- The score is indicative and based only on public recorded crime data, not a guarantee of personal safety.
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