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 5PR) 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 5PR), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castlemaine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durward Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Durward Street | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Durward Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlemaine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castlemaine Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lomas Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lomas Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Collingwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Collingwood Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitechapel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Scott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
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