Total Crime Rate
175.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Doveton Street area has the 38th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 272nd 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 Doveton Street (E1 4HL) in the last 12 months was 175.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (β 77.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Doveton Street (E1 4HL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Darling Row (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cephas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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