Crime Rates at Columbia Road, London, E2 7QB

Columbia Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Weavers , and the 241st 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 7QB) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 71.4% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Columbia Road (E2 7QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 86 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.