Total Crime Rate

144.7 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 144.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 93.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.5 9/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mendip Houses area has the 45th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 322nd 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 Mendip Houses (E2 0JW) in the last 12 months was 144.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mendip Houses (E2 0JW), 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 Mendip Houses area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peel Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Digby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brierly Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helen'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hunslett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bessy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Robinson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peary Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Robinson Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quinn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bacton Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edinburgh Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Digby Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Knottisford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Approach Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Knottisford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Knottisford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Knottisford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bullards Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hartley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Braintree Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Brierly Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Approach Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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