Crime Rates at Wood Close, London, E2 6ET

Wood Close area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 326th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Close (E2 6ET) in the last 12 months was 143.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.2% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Close (E2 6ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Underwood Road, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelsey Street (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.