Total Crime Rate

3235.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

918.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 3235.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 918.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 819.7 10/10
  • Drugs 721.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 601.1 10/10
  • Other theft 366.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 235.0 10/10
  • Public order 158.5 10/10
  • Robbery 125.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 71.0 10/10
  • Burglary 38.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 32.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 27.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
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

Curtain Road area has the highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 693 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 Curtain Road (EC2A 3BX) in the last 12 months was 3235.0 per 1,000 residents and was 986.3% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 168 (≈ 918.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curtain Road (EC2A 3BX), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 138 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 (30/205)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Plough Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Calvert Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Willow Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Calvert Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Blackall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Curtain Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Curtain Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curtain Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Basing Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Basing Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fairchild Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Calvert Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery B101 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowl Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bowl Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bowl Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person French Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft French Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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