Total Crime Rate

179.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 179.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.6 7/10
  • Other crime 15.5 10/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Palmers Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 269th 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 Palmers Road (E2 0FQ) in the last 12 months was 179.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 123.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Palmers Road (E2 0FQ), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 297 crimes here, including 225 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Palmers Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/57)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Smart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smart Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conyer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smart Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Ford Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Old Ford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Ford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Ford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smart Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Twig Folly Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smart Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smart Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smart Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gathorne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smart Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Peach Walk Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peach Walk Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bradwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smart Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Bradwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bradwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cranbrook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cranbrook Street —
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Data Sources

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