Total Crime Rate
226.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Braintree Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 216th highest crime rate of 693 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 Braintree Street (E2 0EX) in the last 12 months was 226.2 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 3.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Braintree Street (E2 0EX), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 188 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lamplighter Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bethnal Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bethnal Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Digby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Digby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Digby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardsey Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Helen'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Heath Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckhurst Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wyllen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyllen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
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