Total Crime Rate
162.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Theven Street 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 Theven Street (E1 4FS) 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 Theven Street (E1 4FS), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 315 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Louisa Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grantley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louisa Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Louisa Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaumont Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Beaumont Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Louisa Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Digby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portman Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cephas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bacton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hayfield Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hayfield Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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