Total Crime Rate

375.7 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 375.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 115.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.2 9/10
  • Other theft 29.6 10/10
  • Public order 29.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 29.6 10/10
  • Robbery 23.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 20.7 10/10
  • Burglary 20.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 2nd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Bethnal Green West , and the 93rd 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 (E2 0AZ) in the last 12 months was 375.7 per 1,000 residents and was 124.9% 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 Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -46.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 112.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 0AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ainsley Street, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolverley Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/113)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Teesdale Street Under investigation
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 2025Robbery Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finnis Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Teesdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Corfield Street —
Sep 2025Public order Wilmot Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Wilmot Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Old Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Old Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Middleton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seabright Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Corfield Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Kelsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B108 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Voss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Voss Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Derbyshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bethnal Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tapp Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B108 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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