Total Crime Rate

508.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 508.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 353.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 60.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 40.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.8 9/10
  • Robbery 17.0 10/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Burglary 1.6 1/10
  • Other crime 1.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.6 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

Mile End Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 56th highest crime rate of 693 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 Mile End Road (E1 4AQ) in the last 12 months was 508.5 per 1,000 residents and was 258.1% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 229 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 26.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 299.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mile End Road (E1 4AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 367 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mile End Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/128)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Grantley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Morecambe Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Morecambe Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Morecambe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Morecambe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Morecambe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morecambe Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green —
Apr 2026Public order Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mile End Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tinsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Stepney Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mile End Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beveridge Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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