Crime Rate in Bethnal Green East, ward

Bethnal Green East has the 8th highest crime rate of 20 wards in Tower Hamlets district and the 697th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (London), it has the 156th highest crime rate of 703 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bethnal Green East in the last 12 months was 142.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% lower than the Tower Hamlets district average (148.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bethnal Green East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 997 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 21 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 5.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -23.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,331 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bethnal Green East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Stepney Green, with 319 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (188 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.