Total Crime Rate
323.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barnsley 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 Barnsley Street (E1 5RD) 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 Barnsley Street (E1 5RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Durward Street, where police recorded 194 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Mount Street (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pott Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapp Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cudworth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Granary Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Headlam Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Colts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coventry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coventry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Malcolm Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wilmot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bethnal Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Mount Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finnis Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
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