Total Crime Rate
193.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Anchor 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theven Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Massingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Malcolm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smithy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smithy Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smithy Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rickman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Under investigation |
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