Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Colebert Avenue area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 278th lowest crime rate of 693 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 Colebert Avenue (E1 4JQ) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colebert Avenue (E1 4JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Colebert Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wyllen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bessy Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Lang Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coopers Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coopers Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Street
Apr 2026Burglary Cephas Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cephas Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Helen'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lamplighter Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hannibal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hannibal Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hannibal Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wickford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Herald Street
Apr 2026Drugs Digby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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