Total Crime Rate

323.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 323.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 117.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.3 10/10
  • Burglary 33.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Other theft 13.5 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cudworth Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 121st 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 Cudworth Street (E1 5QU) in the last 12 months was 323.2 per 1,000 residents and was 110.5% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 107.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cudworth Street (E1 5QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maples Place, where police recorded 161 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Heath Road (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cudworth Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellsworth Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Ainsley Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ainsley Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ainsley Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ainsley Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ainsley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brady Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Robbery Brady Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brady Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Herald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Herald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Merceron Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Merceron Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Witan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Vawdrey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vawdrey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glass Street —
Sep 2025Public order Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellsworth Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Cambridge Heath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darling Row Under investigation

Data Sources

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