Total Crime Rate
1479.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Curtain Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 9th 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 3QY) in the last 12 months was 1479.3 per 1,000 residents and was 341.4% 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 118 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 126 (≈ 475.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Curtain Road (EC2A 3QY), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Drysdale Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Austin Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Austin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fairchild Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Fairchild Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fairchild Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Drysdale Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hewett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Drysdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boot Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boot Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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