Total Crime Rate

347.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

84.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 347.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 91.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 84.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.9 9/10
  • Other theft 49.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 42.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 30.5 10/10
  • Burglary 22.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 19.1 10/10
  • Public order 15.3 9/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • 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 25th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bethnal Green Road (E1 6LA) in the last 12 months was 347.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% higher than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 84.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E1 6LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/179)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sclater Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
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 2026Theft from the person Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Godfrey Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Calvert Avenue —
Apr 2026Other theft Boundary Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Code Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Road —
Apr 2026Burglary Ducal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Old Nichol Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gascoigne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gascoigne Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Redchurch Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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