Total Crime Rate

877.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

277.8 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 877.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 277.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 214.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 194.4 10/10
  • Other theft 170.6 10/10
  • Drugs 142.9 10/10
  • Public order 47.6 10/10
  • Robbery 27.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.8 10/10
  • Burglary 15.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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 9th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 21st highest crime rate of 693 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 877.0 per 1,000 residents and was 194.5% 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 277.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curtain Road (EC2A 3PJ), 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 (30/204)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Boundary Pass Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rufus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Rufus Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Rufus Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mundy Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Calvert Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Calvert Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shoreditch High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Shoreditch High Street Offender given penalty notice
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Boundary Pass Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anning Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
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Data Sources

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