Total Crime Rate
488.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
230.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Seabright Street 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 Seabright Street (E2 0BB) 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 Seabright Street (E2 0BB), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Heath Road. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bethnal Green West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Herald Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seabright Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blythe Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wilmot Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Finnis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Finnis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cambridge Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cambridge Heath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cambridge Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Corfield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corfield Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Blythe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Hollybush Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rushmead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushmead | Under investigation |
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