Total Crime Rate
182.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hunslett Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 693 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 Hunslett Street (E2 0NH) in the last 12 months was 182.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.7% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 73.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hunslett Street (E2 0NH), 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.
View Crime In Bethnal Green East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Butler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knottisford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knottisford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knottisford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Knottisford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St James'S Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stainsbury Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Royston Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Butler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Butler Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sewardstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Portman Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Globe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Globe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Digby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Digby Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Under investigation |
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