Total Crime Rate
121.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Digby Street area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 307th lowest crime rate of 693 local areas in Tower Hamlets .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Digby Street (E2 0LP) in the last 12 months was 121.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Digby Street (E2 0LP), 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 | Drugs | Grantley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Globe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornwall Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Braintree Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Colebert Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colebert Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rickman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rickman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B120 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Massingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Butler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Butler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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