Total Crime Rate
186.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Quilter Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 260th 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 Quilter Street (E2 7BS) in the last 12 months was 186.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% higher than the Weavers average (158.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Quilter Street (E2 7BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Columbia Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bethnal Green Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durant Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethnal Green Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shipton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shipton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shipton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Peter'S Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Peter'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horatio Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Squirries Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Squirries Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Garner Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckfast Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Buckfast Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satchwell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Satchwell Road | — |
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