Total Crime Rate

226.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 226.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 98.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 75.4 10/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Rickman 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 Rickman Street (E1 4JZ) 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 Rickman Street (E1 4JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rickman Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Grantley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Portman Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rickman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B120
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Osier Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Theven Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Boyton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Massingham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Digby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Digby Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Bessy Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Digby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Digby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Digby Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Digby Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mile End Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bacton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Helen'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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