Total Crime Rate

720.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

180.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 720.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 217.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 180.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 141.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.8 10/10
  • Public order 46.1 10/10
  • Other theft 39.5 10/10
  • Theft from the person 39.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 29.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.3 10/10
  • Robbery 23.0 10/10
  • Burglary 19.7 10/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bethnal Green Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 29th 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 Bethnal Green Road (E1 6HZ) in the last 12 months was 720.4 per 1,000 residents and was 141.9% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 55.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 180.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E1 6HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 205 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/177)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Camlet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tomlinson Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Navarre Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Redchurch Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B122 Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B122 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirton Gardens —
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boundary Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ligonier Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Princelet Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quaker Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Chambord Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
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Data Sources

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