Total Crime Rate

588.8 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 588.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 161.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 125.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.1 9/10
  • Other theft 52.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 42.8 10/10
  • Burglary 29.6 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.0 10/10
  • Robbery 23.0 10/10
  • Public order 19.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Other crime 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

Bethnal Green Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 41st 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 6HZ) in the last 12 months was 588.8 per 1,000 residents and was 75.7% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -43.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 115.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E1 6HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 201 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/171)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Granby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ebor Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Princelet Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Redchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Quaker Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granby Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Godfrey Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Godfrey Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cygnet Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Ebor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ebor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Ebor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cygnet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Chambord Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnold Circus Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chambord Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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