Total Crime Rate
114.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Amiel Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 305th lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Amiel Street (E1 4JJ) in the last 12 months was 114.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Amiel Street (E1 4JJ), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cephas Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bardsey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Vawdrey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vawdrey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Braintree Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braintree Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Boyton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cephas Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nicholas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Braintree Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malcolm Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bardsey Place | 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cornwall Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cornwall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwall Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malcolm Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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