Total Crime Rate
90.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Collingwood Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 223rd lowest crime rate of 710 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 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 41.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collingwood Street (E1 5DY), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Raven Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Raven Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Headlam Street | 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 | Whitechapel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maples Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Mount Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitechapel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Colts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
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