Total Crime Rate
20.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mile End Place area has the lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 7th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mile End Place (E1 4BH) in the last 12 months was 20.0 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% 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 Theft from the person with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mile End Place (E1 4BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stepney Green, where police recorded 367 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (211 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boyton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Globe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Road | Under investigation |
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