Total Crime Rate

303.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 303.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 52.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.4 10/10
  • Other theft 31.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 21.2 7/10
  • Drugs 19.4 10/10
  • Burglary 12.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.8 6/10
  • Robbery 8.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingsland Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 131st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8AA) in the last 12 months was 303.4 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8AA), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Kingsland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hare Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Mills Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Printing House Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Wilks Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Strout'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilks Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strout'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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