Total Crime Rate
177.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burgess Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Bromley North , and the 273rd highest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burgess Street (E14 7BB) in the last 12 months was 177.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Bromley North average (165.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burgess Street (E14 7BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stainsby Road, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farrance Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mile End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Farrance Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Furze Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cotall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cotall Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallwood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wallwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovat Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furze Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celandine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Julia Scurr Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Julia Scurr Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Julia Scurr Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Julia Scurr Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Julia Scurr Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Belton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bartlett Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guthridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guthridge Close | — |
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