Total Crime Rate
495.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Viaduct Place 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 Viaduct Place (E2 0DY) 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 areaβs 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 (β 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 Viaduct Place (E2 0DY), 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Collingwood Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cudworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Teesdale Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Teesdale Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Teesdale Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Old Bethnal Green Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Jude'S Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | St Jude'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarkson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Seabright Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Middleton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Derbyshire Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Collingwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Birkbeck Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canrobert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canrobert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canrobert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canrobert Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canrobert Street | Under investigation |
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