Total Crime Rate
425.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brady Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 71st 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 5DW) in the last 12 months was 425.7 per 1,000 residents and was 177.2% 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 Other theft with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 99.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brady Street (E1 5DW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 383 crimes here, including 237 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hemming Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hemming Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlemaine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlemaine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castlemaine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hemming Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Fulbourne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lomas Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lomas Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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