Total Crime Rate
611.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsland Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 37th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8DD) in the last 12 months was 611.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.4% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 105.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8DD), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Anning Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Redchurch Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Anning Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Anning Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rivington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Diss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Diss Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gascoigne Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gorsuch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gorsuch Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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