Crime Rates at Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 6AB

Bethnal Green Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 160th highest crime rate of 710 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 Bethnal Green Road (E2 6AB) in the last 12 months was 272.2 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 160.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 6AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Columbia Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bethnal Green Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.