Total Crime Rate

272.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 272.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 78.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.4 8/10
  • Theft from the person 25.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.6 10/10
  • Other theft 23.6 10/10
  • Drugs 18.2 10/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.1 9/10
  • Robbery 9.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

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 6AH) 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 6AH), the main crime hotspot is near Rushmead. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/97)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goldman Close —
Sep 2025Public order Squirries Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bethnal Green Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Ramsey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ramsey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bethnal Green Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bethnal Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Squirries Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Turin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blythe Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Derbyshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wellington Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sale Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hemming Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnet Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Turin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dunbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Matthew'S Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs St Matthew'S Row Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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