Total Crime Rate
252.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Heath Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 178th highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cambridge Heath Road (E1 5RN) in the last 12 months was 252.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 90.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Heath Road (E1 5RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maples Place, where police recorded 181 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Heath Road (53 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Barnsley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Durward Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Durward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Darling Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birkbeck Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Birkbeck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Birkbeck Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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