Total Crime Rate
944.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
207.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Calvert Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 18th highest crime rate of 693 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 Calvert Avenue (E2 7JJ) in the last 12 months was 944.7 per 1,000 residents and was 217.2% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 207.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Calvert Avenue (E2 7JJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Calvert Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Boundary Pass | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christina Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mills Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Calvert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Calvert Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shoreditch High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shoreditch High Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Eastern Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Great Eastern Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Anning Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Redchurch Street | Under investigation |
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