Total Crime Rate

122.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.3 9/10
  • Public order 30.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Argyle Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 337th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Argyle Road (E1 4EQ) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 80.8% 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 315 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bancroft Road (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Argyle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alderney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A11 —
Sep 2025Theft from the person A11 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A11 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bullards Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theven Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyton Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Boyton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —

Data Sources

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