Total Crime Rate
115.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsland Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 315th lowest crime rate of 710 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 115.6 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strout'S Place, where police recorded 148 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabtree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hamond Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hamond Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Hoxton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabtree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appleby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caroline Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Caroline Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Homefield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hare Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nuttall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hare Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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