Total Crime Rate
72.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Calvert Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 158th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Calvert Avenue (E2 7JP) in the last 12 months was 72.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.2% lower than the Weavers average (152.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Calvert Avenue (E2 7JP), the main crime hotspot is near Rivington Street. Police recorded 253 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Weavers| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Palissy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Calvert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Austin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gorsuch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palissy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gorsuch Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Calvert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Calvert Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbia Road | — |
| 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 | Turville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Turville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boundary Pass | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Boundary Pass | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rivington Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
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