Total Crime Rate

495.4 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 495.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 79.1 9/10
  • Other theft 53.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.8 10/10
  • Robbery 41.9 10/10
  • Theft from the person 41.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.9 10/10
  • Public order 27.9 10/10
  • Burglary 23.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.6 10/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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 9th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 54th 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 0DJ) in the last 12 months was 495.4 per 1,000 residents and was 222.6% higher than the Bethnal Green East average (153.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 1400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 174.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 0DJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/117)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Florida Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ainsley Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Florida Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rushmead Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rushmead Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Middleton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blythe Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Birkbeck Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Derbyshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Canrobert Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canrobert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ainsley Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Nant Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ainsley Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Ainsley Street Offender given penalty notice
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ainsley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Paradise Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Temple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Temple Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Poyser Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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