Total Crime Rate

6.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 6.2 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in Spitalfields & Banglatown , and the 2nd lowest crime rate of 710 local areas in Tower Hamlets .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 6DG) in the last 12 months was 6.2 per 1,000 residents and was 98.1% lower than the Spitalfields & Banglatown average (335.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bethnal Green Road (E2 6DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brick Lane, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Code Street (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Bethnal Green Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/139)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Spital Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Street —
Sep 2025Public order Turin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Turin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brick Lane —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Turin Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Swanfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arnold Circus —
Sep 2025Drugs Arnold Circus Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arnold Circus Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Spital Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Spital Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chilton Street —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brick Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palissy Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Granby Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Elwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Elwin Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Camlet Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Granby Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Granby Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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