Total Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 79.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 47.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Other theft 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stainsbury Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 174th 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 Stainsbury Street (E2 0NF) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.4% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 16.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stainsbury Street (E2 0NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Stainsbury Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Bacton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gawber Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warley Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moravian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Warley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Warley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Royston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Digby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Digby Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Digby Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Warley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knottisford Street
Apr 2026Other theft Globe Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Butler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Butler Street
Apr 2026Other theft Stainsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James'S Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James'S Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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