Total Crime Rate
247.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
177.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bancroft Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bancroft Road (E1 4DE) in the last 12 months was 247.2 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 177.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bancroft Road (E1 4DE), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 284 crimes here, including 208 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | A11 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grantley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alderney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mile End Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frimley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frimley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Harpley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leatherdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Usk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bradwell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Longnor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gathorne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gathorne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bancroft Road | Under investigation |
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