Total Crime Rate

491.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 491.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 288.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.1 10/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Burglary 16.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Robbery 9.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Colebert Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 56th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Colebert Avenue (E1 4JP) in the last 12 months was 491.8 per 1,000 residents and was 220.3% higher 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 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 114.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colebert Avenue (E1 4JP), 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.

Crime Over Time in Colebert Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stayner'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cephas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hayfield Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hayfield Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyton Close
Sep 2025Other theft Boyton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theven Street
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Theven Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cephas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Braintree Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Rickman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braintree Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cornwall Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Cornwall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cornwall Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hayfield Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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