Total Crime Rate
268.3 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wilmot Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 163rd 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 Wilmot Street (E2 0BT) in the last 12 months was 268.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.7% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (β 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wilmot Street (E2 0BT), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glass Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Brady Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Ainsley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ainsley Street | Offender given penalty notice |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ainsley Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapp Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Witan Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herald Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Derbyshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brady Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Middleton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canrobert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jersey Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merceron Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canrobert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bethnal Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
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