Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.0 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 111.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cephas Street area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 278th 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 Cephas Street (E1 4AU) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cephas Street (E1 4AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mile End Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cephas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wyllen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Portman Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rickman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B120
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Osier Street
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Theven Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Braintree Street
Apr 2026Public order Boyton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Malcolm Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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