Total Crime Rate

471.5 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 471.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 85.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 53.8 10/10
  • Other theft 47.5 10/10
  • Public order 41.1 10/10
  • Robbery 41.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 28.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.2 9/10
  • Drugs 22.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harford Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 62nd 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 Harford Street (E1 4RH) in the last 12 months was 471.5 per 1,000 residents and was 207.1% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -32.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (β‰ˆ 164.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harford Street (E1 4RH), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 297 crimes here, including 225 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Harford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bohn Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bohn Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Emmott Close β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essian Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alderney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Canal Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Candle Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Candle Street β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A11 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A11 β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour White Tower Way β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alderney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bancroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Toby Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Conference/Exhibition Centre Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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