Total Crime Rate
162.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cleveland Way area has the 39th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 299th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cleveland Way (E1 4UF) in the last 12 months was 162.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cleveland Way (E1 4UF), 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.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Lang Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Witan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Witan Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vawdrey Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Witan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Witan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herald Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herald Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cleveland Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyllen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hannibal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hayfield Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colebert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Cleveland Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Key Close | Under investigation |
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