Total Crime Rate
139.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stothard 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 Stothard Street (E1 4JA) 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 Stothard Street (E1 4JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Globe Road (35 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 | Possession of weapons | Hannibal Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mile End Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mile End Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Key Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Key Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cephas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cephas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Malcolm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamplighter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mile End Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nicholas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fox Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Braintree Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cephas Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boyton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 |
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