Total Crime Rate
262.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bewley Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Limehouse , and the 166th 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 Bewley Street (E1 0BS) in the last 12 months was 262.3 per 1,000 residents and was 124.1% higher than the Limehouse average (117.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 106.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bewley Street (E1 0BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sidney Street, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Commercial Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Highway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | King David Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Penang Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B126 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B126 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Farthing Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Farthing Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Farthing Fields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hainton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hainton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | King David Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Juniper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dellow Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Juniper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sutton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sovereign Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sovereign Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sovereign Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Angel Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hungerford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hungerford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shadwell | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dellow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hungerford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commercial Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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