Total Crime Rate
139.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cephas 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coventry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamplighter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Herald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyllen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wickford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Braintree Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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