Total Crime Rate
114.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stannard Cottages 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 Stannard Cottages (E1 4JW) 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 Stannard Cottages (E1 4JW), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 315 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Assembly Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theven Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Theven Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Massingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boyton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Digby Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Malcolm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peary Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cephas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hayfield Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Portman Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wickford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wickford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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