Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 72.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.9 8/10
  • Robbery 20.7 10/10
  • Other theft 10.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kingsland Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 329th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8EA) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 72.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingsland Road (E2 8EA), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Kingsland Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/81)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jerrold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cremer Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Tyssen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Tyssen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Tyssen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cremer Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cremer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cremer Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hoxton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hoxton Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Strout'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Columbia Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gorsuch Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cotton'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jerrold Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
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Data Sources

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