Total Crime Rate
58.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Calvert Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 118th lowest crime rate of 710 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 58.5 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% lower than the Weavers average (158.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 12.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Calvert Avenue (E2 7JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rivington Street, where police recorded 211 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sclater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nazrul Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nazrul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheler Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wheler Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheler Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cotton'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Strout'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tabernacle Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
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