Total Crime Rate
425.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Collingwood 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 Collingwood Street (E1 5PT) 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 Collingwood Street (E1 5PT), 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.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitechapel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bethnal Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapp Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raven Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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