Crime Rate in Bethnal Green East, ward

Bethnal Green East has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 610th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 135th highest crime rate of 704 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bethnal Green East in the last 12 months was 153.6 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% higher than the Tower Hamlets district average (146.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bethnal Green East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 979 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 18 cases , down -21.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 178.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -35.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,350 (≈ 57.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bethnal Green East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Stepney Green, with 315 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (162 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.