Total Crime Rate

98.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

46.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 46.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Boyton Close area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 237th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Boyton Close (E1 4AN) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 46.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boyton Close (E1 4AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stepney Green, where police recorded 319 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Boyton Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person A11 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Hannibal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hannibal Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hannibal Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beveridge Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cephas Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Warley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tinsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cephas Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation

Data Sources

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