Total Crime Rate
226.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ibbott Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 216th highest crime rate of 693 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 Ibbott Street (E1 4JS) in the last 12 months was 226.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 3.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ibbott Street (E1 4JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mile End Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cephas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colebert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Globe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mile End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mile End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mile End Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mile End Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mile End Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Massingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hayfield Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mile End Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickman Street | Under investigation |
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