Total Crime Rate

623.0 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 623.0 10/10
  • Other theft 154.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 134.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.1 10/10
  • Drugs 103.2 10/10
  • Public order 35.7 10/10
  • Robbery 27.8 10/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • 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 · 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 14th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 36th highest crime rate of 710 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 3PJ) in the last 12 months was 623.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 39 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 45 (≈ 178.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 104.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curtain Road (EC2A 3PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 434 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Curtain Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Rufus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington 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 Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Street Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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