Total Crime Rate
96.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Argyle 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 Argyle Road (E1 4EQ) 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 Argyle Road (E1 4EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stepney Green, where police recorded 319 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bancroft Road (51 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 | Globe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morecambe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morecambe Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morecambe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morecambe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Morecambe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickman Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rickman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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