Total Crime Rate

325.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

133.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 325.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 133.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 130.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.5 10/10
  • Public order 20.7 9/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 11.8 9/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Headlam Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 121st 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 Headlam Street (E1 5PU) in the last 12 months was 325.4 per 1,000 residents and was 129.2% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 133.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Headlam Street (E1 5PU), the main crime hotspot is near Raven Row. Police recorded 248 crimes here, including 126 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Headlam Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/181)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Darling Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tapp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malcolm Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Durward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tapp Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Durward Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Darling Row —
Apr 2026Other theft Darling Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Darling Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darling Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Darling Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Durward Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Durward Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tapp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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