Total Crime Rate
254.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kerbela Street area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 171st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kerbela Street (E2 6DP) in the last 12 months was 254.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kerbela Street (E2 6DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brick Lane | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brick Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Matthew'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Matthew'S Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Code Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Code Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tomlinson Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Code Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Quaker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Buckfast Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rhoda Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rhoda Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cheshire Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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