Total Crime Rate
425.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tapp Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 71st 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 Tapp Street (E1 5RE) in the last 12 months was 425.7 per 1,000 residents and was 177.2% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Other theft with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (β 99.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tapp Street (E1 5RE), 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 | Public order | East Mount Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maples Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maples Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maples Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maples Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maples Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maples Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maples Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maples Place | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Headlam Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brady Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durward Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Durward Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Durward Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Durward Street | Under investigation |
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