Total Crime Rate
138.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Portelet Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 343rd lowest 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 Portelet Road (E1 4EN) in the last 12 months was 138.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% 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 Drugs with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portelet Road (E1 4EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stepney Green, where police recorded 319 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (208 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knottisford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knottisford Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Massingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bancroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Harpley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boyton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Warley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warley Street | — |
| 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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