Total Crime Rate
323.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cudworth 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellsworth Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ainsley Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ainsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brady Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Herald Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Vawdrey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vawdrey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glass Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellsworth Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Darling Row | Under investigation |
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