Total Crime Rate

162.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 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

Theven 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.

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Crime Over Time in Theven Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Louisa Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grantley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louisa Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Louisa Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaumont Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Louisa Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Digby Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Digby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Digby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Portman Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cephas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bacton Street —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hayfield Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hayfield Passage Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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