Total Crime Rate
303.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crooked Billet Yard 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 Crooked Billet Yard (E2 8AF) 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 Crooked Billet Yard (E2 8AF), 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.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mundy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Columbia Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bakers Rents | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mundy Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Mundy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mundy Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotton'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rivington Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | French Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Caroline Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Long Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tabernacle Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Long Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cotton'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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