Total Crime Rate
1675.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
858.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fulbourne Street area has the highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 6th highest crime rate of 693 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 Fulbourne Street (E1 5AA) in the last 12 months was 1675.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1079.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 188 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 83.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 267 (≈ 858.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fulbourne Street (E1 5AA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 371 crimes here, including 228 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Spitalfields & Banglatown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parfett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hessel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Romford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hemming Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hemming Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Romford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Umberston Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Romford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Durward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Scott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Underwood Road | — |
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