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 4UJ) 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 4UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Stepney Green. Police recorded 319 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mile End Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/119)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B120 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Smithy Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Osier Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Theven Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Boyton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Edwin Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Assembly Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mile End Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morecambe Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mile End Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mile End Road —
Apr 2026Other crime Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cleveland Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mile End Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Mile End Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mile End Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Beveridge Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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