Total Crime Rate
488.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
230.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bethnal Green Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 61st 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 (E2 0AH) in the last 12 months was 488.4 per 1,000 residents and was 244.0% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (142.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 99 (≈ 230.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 0AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ainsley Street, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seabright Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Punderson'S Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Finnis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ramsey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ramsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ramsey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teesdale Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wilmot Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blythe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blythe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Finnis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelsey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Winkley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kelsey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jersey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jersey Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jersey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Voss Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Voss Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bethnal Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Viaduct Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scott Street | Under investigation |
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