Total Crime Rate

90.3 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 22nd lowest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 223rd lowest 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 5RT) in the last 12 months was 90.3 per 1,000 residents and was 41.2% lower than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Headlam Street (E1 5RT), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapp Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Scott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Scott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Darling Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Scott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scott Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coventry Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bethnal Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coventry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Durward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wickford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birkbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Three Colts Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brady Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Brady Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brady Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wickford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wickford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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