Total Crime Rate
79.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mace 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 0QT) 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 0QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roman Road (24 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 | Possession of weapons | Butler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bacton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gawber Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morpeth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkwall Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Roman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sewardstone Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Warley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Warley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Warley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Usk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Digby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Digby Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B118 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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