Total Crime Rate

634.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

182.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 634.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 182.5 10/10
  • Other theft 158.7 10/10
  • Theft from the person 146.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.1 10/10
  • Drugs 99.2 10/10
  • Public order 35.7 10/10
  • Robbery 27.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Burglary 15.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Curtain Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 36th highest crime rate of 709 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 Curtain Road (EC2A 3AH) in the last 12 months was 634.9 per 1,000 residents and was 98.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (320.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 182.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 109.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curtain Road (EC2A 3AH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 419 crimes here, including 151 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Curtain Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/254)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Other theft Boundary Pass Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Oct 2025Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Hewett Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Burglary Hewett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Hewett Street —
Oct 2025Theft from the person Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Theft from the person Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Drugs Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Bicycle theft Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Criminal damage and arson Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Bicycle theft Drysdale Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Oct 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Oct 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Awaiting court outcome
Oct 2025Drugs Drysdale Street Under investigation
Oct 2025Anti-social behaviour Drysdale Street —
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Drysdale Place Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Drysdale Place Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 254

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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