Total Crime Rate

175.1 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 175.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 27.2 10/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Doveton 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Doveton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cephas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cornwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Headlam Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Headlam Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birkbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Headlam Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malcolm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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