Total Crime Rate

139.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 139.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.8 7/10
  • Burglary 23.2 10/10
  • Drugs 23.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cephas Street area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 330th 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 Cephas Street (E1 4HR) in the last 12 months was 139.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.5% 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 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Headlam Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cephas Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coventry Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headlam Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headlam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Headlam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headlam Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Witan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lamplighter Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Herald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Herald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyllen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Headlam Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wickford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Braintree Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Colebert Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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