Total Crime Rate

559.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 559.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 303.3 10/10
  • Other theft 50.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.5 8/10
  • Public order 36.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Burglary 18.1 10/10
  • Robbery 18.1 10/10
  • Theft from the person 18.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Mile End Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 45th 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 4UH) in the last 12 months was 559.6 per 1,000 residents and was 264.4% 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 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 108.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mile End Road (E1 4UH), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 315 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Mile End Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Malcolm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cephas Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cephas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nicholas Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wickford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wickford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wickford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malcolm Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Stayner'S Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stayner'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cephas Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stepney Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Boyton Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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