Total Crime Rate
83.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Collingwood Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 187th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Collingwood Street (E1 5DY) in the last 12 months was 83.5 per 1,000 residents and was 41.2% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collingwood Street (E1 5DY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 221 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corfield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Headlam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Key Close | — |
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