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

Crooked 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.

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Crime Over Time in Crooked Billet Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mundy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Columbia Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drysdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bakers Rents Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Theft from the person Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order French Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place
Sep 2025Robbery Caroline Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caroline Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Street
Sep 2025Drugs Tabernacle Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Long Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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