Total Crime Rate
144.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kirkwall Place area has the 45th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 322nd highest crime rate of 710 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 Kirkwall Place (E2 0NQ) in the last 12 months was 144.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kirkwall Place (E2 0NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 162 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knottisford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Braintree Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braintree Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Approach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Approach Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Approach Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brierly Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brierly Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knottisford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hunslett Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bacton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Robinson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peary Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Braintree Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
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