Total Crime Rate
96.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Globe Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 224th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Globe Road (E1 4DS) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Globe Road (E1 4DS), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 367 crimes here, including 52 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 | Frimley Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beaumont Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | 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 | 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 | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaumont Square | — |
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