Total Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Weymouth Terrace area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Weymouth Terrace (E2 8LA) in the last 12 months was 9.3 per 1,000 residents and was 97.2% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weymouth Terrace (E2 8LA), 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 Boat Lane (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Ropley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Weymouth Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Baroness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baroness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baroness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Appleby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Appleby Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Columbia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elwin Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Edith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Baroness Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cremer Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cremer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cremer Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hoxton | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hassard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hassard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kirton Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hassard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Chambord Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chambord Street | — |
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