Total Crime Rate
101.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsland Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 246th 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 Kingsland Road (E2 8AL) in the last 12 months was 101.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.0% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8AL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cotton'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tyssen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tyssen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shenfield Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamond Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamond Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hare Walk | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Close | — |
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