Total Crime Rate
1252.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
281.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Walk area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 11th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Walk (EC2A 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 1252.9 per 1,000 residents and was 320.7% 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 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 281.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Walk (EC2A 3EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 511 crimes here, including 154 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hoxton East & Shoreditch| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clere Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Clere Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clere Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Mark Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curtain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Curtain Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Inn Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Curtain Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boot Street | Local resolution |
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