Crime Rates at Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6HT

Bethnal Green Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 63rd highest crime rate of 710 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 Bethnal Green Road (E1 6HT) in the last 12 months was 464.6 per 1,000 residents and was 38.6% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -72.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 133.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E1 6HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 186 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.