Total Crime Rate
272.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barnsley Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 160th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barnsley Street (E1 5RB) in the last 12 months was 272.7 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 101.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnsley Street (E1 5RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maples Place, where police recorded 181 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Mount Street (59 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lamplighter Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Violet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Whitechapel | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitechapel | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Darling Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Colts Lane | — |
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