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

Mace 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 Mace Street (E2 0QS) 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 Mace Street (E2 0QS), the main crime hotspot is near Roman Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mace Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Knottisford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Gathorne Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gathorne Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knottisford Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Knottisford Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Knottisford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bacton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Roman Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Knottisford Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James'S Avenue —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Knottisford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sewardstone Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Warley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morpeth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Warley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Warley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warley Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James'S Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bacton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cranbrook Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Butler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Butler Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Royston Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Palmers Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Approach Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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