Total Crime Rate

103.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 103.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.6 5/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
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

Vallance Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 272nd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vallance Road (E1 5BQ) in the last 12 months was 103.5 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vallance Road (E1 5BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 421 crimes here, including 246 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Vallance Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Regal Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Scott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Scott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Scott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scott Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vallance Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coverley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Coverley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hemming Street
Sep 2025Other theft Hemming Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hemming Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castlemaine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Merceron Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Merceron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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