Total Crime Rate

185.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.9 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 185.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 47.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 33.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.6 8/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Other theft 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
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

Knottisford Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Bethnal Green East , and the 256th highest crime rate of 693 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 Knottisford Street (E2 0PP) in the last 12 months was 185.9 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knottisford Street (E2 0PP), 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 Knottisford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Warley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Warley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royston Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Royston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Warley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kirkwall Place
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Leatherdale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Usk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Butler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gawber Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James'S Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James'S Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Warley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moravian Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Bessy Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Globe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Harpley Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rickman Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Rickman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Globe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stainsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Portman Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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