Total Crime Rate
60.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harford Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 115th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harford Street (E1 4PH) in the last 12 months was 60.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harford Street (E1 4PH), the main crime hotspot is near Ben Jonson Road. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Dunstan's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shandy Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toby Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solebay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Solebay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Toby Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shandy Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solebay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shandy Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sandalwood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandalwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Commodore Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Solebay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Canal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solebay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solebay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whitman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernest Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solebay Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Toby Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
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