Total Crime Rate

2627.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 2627.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 659.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 363.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 350.0 10/10
  • Other theft 345.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 295.5 10/10
  • Burglary 122.7 10/10
  • Drugs 100.0 10/10
  • Public order 90.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 86.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 72.7 10/10
  • Robbery 59.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 50.0 10/10
  • Other crime 18.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.6 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Curtain Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 4th highest crime rate of 710 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 3NY) in the last 12 months was 2627.3 per 1,000 residents and was 684.0% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 145 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -58.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 527.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curtain Road (EC2A 3NY), the main crime hotspot is near Rivington Street. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 72 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Curtain Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/171)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Great Eastern Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Folgate Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order New Inn Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primrose Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shoreditch High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shoreditch High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shoreditch High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Worship Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Inn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Appold Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Street Unable to prosecute suspect
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 171

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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