Total Crime Rate
90.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Headlam 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapp Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Scott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Scott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Darling Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scott Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Scott Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Coventry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bethnal Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coventry Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Durward Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wickford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Three Colts Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brady Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Wickford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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