Crime Rates at Ernest Street, London, E1 4RA

Ernest Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 201st highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ernest Street (E1 4RA) in the last 12 months was 231.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Ernest Street (E1 4RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stepney Green, where police recorded 315 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hospital (225 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.