Total Crime Rate

145.7 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 145.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 52.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Robbery 10.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.5 9/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • 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

Burnham Street area has the 44th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 321st 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 Burnham Street (E2 0JF) in the last 12 months was 145.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burnham Street (E2 0JF), 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 Burnham Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hunslett Street 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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brierly Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brierly Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Digby Street
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Police Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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