Total Crime Rate

1050.0 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 1050.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 300.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 183.3 10/10
  • Other theft 158.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 125.0 10/10
  • Drugs 66.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 50.0 10/10
  • Burglary 41.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 33.3 10/10
  • Public order 33.3 10/10
  • Robbery 25.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 16.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 8th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 16th highest crime rate of 710 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 Curtain Road (EC2A 3PT) in the last 12 months was 1050.0 per 1,000 residents and was 213.3% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 241.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Curtain Road (EC2A 3PT), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 404 crimes here, including 123 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 Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Worship Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Worship Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Worship Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Worship Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Worship Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rivington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rivington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boot Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mundy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mundy Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Theft from the person Boot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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