Total Crime Rate
458.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cleveland Grove 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 Cleveland Grove (E1 4XQ) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Cleveland Grove (E1 4XQ), 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 | Assembly Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buckhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buckhurst Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckhurst Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Key Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyllen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hannibal Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hannibal Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wickford Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lamplighter Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hannibal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colebert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Headlam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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