Total Crime Rate

162.3 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 162.3 9/10
  • Drugs 54.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 40th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 295th highest crime rate of 710 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 162.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% 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 Drugs with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 440.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.5% 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 315 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (225 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 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Knottisford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Fox Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bancroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Bradwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beaumont Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Knottisford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Portelet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bancroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stepney Green
Sep 2025Drugs Meath Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation

Data Sources

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