Total Crime Rate

112.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 112.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 35.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Public order 5.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Columbia Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 282nd lowest crime rate of 693 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 Columbia Road (E2 7NN) in the last 12 months was 112.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% lower than the Weavers average (152.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Columbia Road (E2 7NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Columbia Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/125)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Diss Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Gorsuch Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gorsuch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elwin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Chambord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shipton Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Club Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Horatio Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Old Nichol Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Old Nichol Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Robbery Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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