Total Crime Rate
2141.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brady Street area has the highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 5th 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 Brady Street (E1 5DG) in the last 12 months was 2141.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1294.6% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 212 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -56.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 330 (≈ 1061.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 240.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brady Street (E1 5DG), 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.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Raven Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Raven Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Durward Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Raven Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Granary Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapp Street | Under investigation |
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