Total Crime Rate
236.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Headlam Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 197th highest 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 Headlam Street (E1 5PU) in the last 12 months was 236.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Headlam Street (E1 5PU), the main crime hotspot is near Raven Row. Police recorded 258 crimes here, including 134 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 | Whitechapel | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Durward Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Key Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lamplighter Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bardsey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bardsey Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bardsey Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cambridge Heath Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Key Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Raven Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Raven Row | Under investigation |
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