Total Crime Rate
493.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
156.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brady Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 60th highest crime rate of 693 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 5PS) in the last 12 months was 493.6 per 1,000 residents and was 247.6% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 71.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 156.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brady Street (E1 5PS), 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 | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | East Mount Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Durward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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