Total Crime Rate
525.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Osier Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 48th 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 Osier Street (E1 4AP) in the last 12 months was 525.5 per 1,000 residents and was 242.2% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 213 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 384.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 393.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osier Street (E1 4AP), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alderney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hannibal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redmans Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Redmans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redmans Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Mile End Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cressy Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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