Total Crime Rate
414.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mile End Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 74th highest crime rate of 710 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 Mile End Road (E1 4QU) in the last 12 months was 414.2 per 1,000 residents and was 169.7% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 318.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 139.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mile End Road (E1 4QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stepney Green, where police recorded 375 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (227 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ernest Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A11 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | A11 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A11 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepney Green | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Leatherdale Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlton Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stepney Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stepney Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepney Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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