Total Crime Rate

92.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 42.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 15.4 9/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cephas Street area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 206th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Cephas Street (E1 4HR) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.7% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cephas Street (E1 4HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Headlam Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cephas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Key Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Cephas Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coopers Close
Apr 2026Public order Portman Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coopers Close
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lang Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Key Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Key Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Key Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Key Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Key Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Key Close
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lamplighter Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hannibal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wickford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wickford Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buckhurst Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Buckhurst Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Headlam Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Headlam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Headlam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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