Total Crime Rate

133.5 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 133.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.2 8/10
  • Other theft 15.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.5 9/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 7.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Portelet Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 344th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Portelet Road (E1 4EJ) in the last 12 months was 133.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -56.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portelet Road (E1 4EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stepney Green, where police recorded 315 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (227 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Portelet Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Massingham Street
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theven Street
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mile End Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bancroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Leatherdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leatherdale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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