Total Crime Rate

458.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 458.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 245.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 65.0 8/10
  • Other theft 57.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.5 7/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.8 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Robbery 10.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.8 9/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
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

Mile End Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 71st highest crime rate of 693 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 Mile End Road (E1 4TT) in the last 12 months was 458.5 per 1,000 residents and was 222.9% 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 Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mile End Road (E1 4TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cleveland Grove, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Headlam Street (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mile End Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/111)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Key Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Key Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Key Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Key Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Key Close —
Apr 2026Robbery Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Buckhurst Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smithy Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Key Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Headlam Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Headlam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Headlam Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Darling Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darling Row Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Buckhurst Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darling Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Key Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Malcolm Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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