Total Crime Rate

340.5 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 340.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 112.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 91.2 10/10
  • Public order 45.6 10/10
  • Robbery 21.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 13.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Cambridge Heath Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 110th highest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cambridge Heath Road (E2 0EL) in the last 12 months was 340.5 per 1,000 residents and was 121.7% 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 Shoplifting with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 158.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Heath Road (E2 0EL), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 162 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Cambridge Heath Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Punderson'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Punderson'S Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pott Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pott Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pott Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellsworth Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellsworth Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ellsworth Street
Sep 2025Theft from the person Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Further action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Cudworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Paradise Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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

Data Sources

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