Total Crime Rate

258.2 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 258.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 61.0 8/10
  • Other theft 56.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 28.2 10/10
  • Burglary 23.5 10/10
  • Drugs 18.8 10/10
  • Robbery 18.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kingsland Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 168th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8DP) in the last 12 months was 258.2 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 158.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8DP), 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 Kingsland Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/197)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hoxton —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilks Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wilks Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homefield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homefield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Columbia Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Columbia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Columbia Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Homefield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Diss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cotton'S Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Diss Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Waterson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gorsuch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tabernacle Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Gorsuch Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aske Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Aske Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Mundy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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