Total Crime Rate

509.8 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 509.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 176.5 10/10
  • Other theft 67.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.2 10/10
  • Public order 39.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 36.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 33.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Robbery 11.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • 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 highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 710 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 Bethnal Green Road (E2 0AN) in the last 12 months was 509.8 per 1,000 residents and was 205.2% higher than the Bethnal Green West average (167.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -70.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 229.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 0AN), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Heath Road. Police recorded 127 crimes here, including 59 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 (30/115)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Jude'S Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wilmot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finnis Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Corfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glass Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Witan Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Herald Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Herald Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapp Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wilmot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Jersey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coventry Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Teesdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Teesdale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teesdale Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cudworth Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Coventry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Kelsey Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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