Total Crime Rate
389.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingsland Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8DY) in the last 12 months was 389.1 per 1,000 residents and was 16.1% higher 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 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8DY), 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 (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gorsuch Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nuttall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nuttall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pelter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Printing House Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Purcell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Purcell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilks Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Austin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Purcell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hoxton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Crabtree Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Retford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nazrul Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jerrold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nuttall Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hoxton | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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