Total Crime Rate

236.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 236.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.9 9/10
  • Burglary 14.8 9/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Headlam Street area has the 27th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 197th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Headlam Street (E1 5RS) in the last 12 months was 236.7 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Headlam Street (E1 5RS), the main crime hotspot is near Raven Row. Police recorded 258 crimes here, including 134 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Headlam Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/169)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Collingwood Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Durward Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bethnal Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapp Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cudworth Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitechapel Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitechapel Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Whitechapel Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Malcolm Road —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malcolm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyllen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bardsey Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bardsey Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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