Total Crime Rate

193.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 193.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 21.6 10/10
  • Other theft 14.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 13.0 9/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 1/10
  • Other crime 1.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.4 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Anchor Terrace area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 248th highest crime rate of 710 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 Anchor Terrace (E1 4BA) in the last 12 months was 193.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anchor Terrace (E1 4BA), 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.

Crime Over Time in Anchor Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morecambe Close
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malcolm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theven Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Square
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Massingham Street
Sep 2025Other theft Malcolm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smithy Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smithy Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rickman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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