Total Crime Rate

181.8 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 181.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 56.4 10/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Bancroft Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 264th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bancroft Road (E1 4BX) in the last 12 months was 181.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 106.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bancroft Road (E1 4BX), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 315 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bancroft Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Fox Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Meath Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meath Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mile End Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mile End Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlton Square —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Usk Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Nicholas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theven Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leatherdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Boyton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyton Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cephas Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cephas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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